Online Processing › Beginning an OCF Session

Beginning an OCF Session

To begin an online session, you need to do the following:

1. Sign on to the host teleprocessing (TP) monitor, according to site-standard procedures.
2. Enter OCF after the system prompt, as shown, then press Enter:

   ENTER NEXT TASK CODE: OCF Enter
   

3. Optionally, enter a CONNECT statement to establish a dictionary to which to connect during the session (see Connecting to a Dictionary).
4. Optionally, enter a SET OPTIONS statement to establish session-specific processing and output formatting options (see Using SET OPTIONS to Select Options).

OCF Screen Format

OCF uses a standard screen, which contains the following:

• A preformatted top line
• An unformatted input/output area

                   OCF nn.n IDMS  PAGE 1 LINE 1  DICT=SYSTEM    1/303  cv


  CONNECT TO DEMODICT;
  *+ Status = 0
  SET SESSION CURRENT SCHEMA DEMOEMPL;
  *+ Status = 0
  SELECT JOB_ID, JOB_TITLE, MIN_RATE, MAX_RATE
     FROM JOB
     WHERE MAX_RATE >= 27000.00
        ORDER BY JOB_TITLE;
  │
  *+ JOB_ID  JOB_TITLE                  MIN_RATE       MAX_RATE
  *+ ------  ---------                  --------       --------
  *+ 4023  Accountant                 22000.00       60000.00
  *+ 5890  Appraisal Spec             22500.00       35000.00
  *+ 4130  Benefits Analyst           17500.00       28000.00
  *+ 5110  CUST SER MGR               20000.00       54000.00
  *+ 5111  CUST SER REP               13500.00       27000.00
  *+ 6011  Manager - Acctng           29700.00       60500.00
  *+ 6004  Manager - HR               33000.00       69000.00
  *+ 6021  Manager - Mktng            38000.00       75000.00
  *+ 4734  Mktng Admin                12500.00       31000.00
     &bul.
     &bul.
     &bul.
  *+ 25 rows processed

Top Line

The top preformatted line of the screen contains the following areas:

• Command area—Provides 20 spaces in columns 2 through 21 for entering commands that manipulate the work file or communicate with OCF; these commands are described in Using Top-line Commands.
• Name area—Displays the OCF header and the release number.
• Message area—Displays one of the following, as appropriate: the work-file page and line number; the literal NO ERRORS; the number of error messages issued for the last update; or a message describing the status of a session-control command.
• Dictionary area—Displays the current dictionary if you used the system DCUF SET DICTNAME statement or a CONNECT TO statement.
• Line number area—Displays the current line of the screen I/O area, followed by the total number of lines (last line) in the work file.

Input/Output Area

In the area that follows the screen's top line, the input/output area covers the remainder of the screen. The default page width for OCF is 79 for input (76 for output because of the *+ and space characters preceding output lines).