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Description of CA IDMS Masterkey

CA IDMS Masterkey is a task initiation control facility for CA IDMS/DC. By controlling the invocation of tasks, the developer or database administrator can save keystrokes, streamline work flow, and provide a certain amount of security in the CA IDMS environment. CA IDMS Masterkey provides this efficiency by:

• Assigning unique profiles to users or terminals.
• Assigning task initiation streams to PF keys.
• Allowing variables to be inserted into these task initiation streams.
• Allowing variables to be inserted into CA IDMS/DC Command Lists (CLISTs).
• Allowing true "nested" CA IDMS/DC CLISTs to be processed.
• Allowing the use of a "PROMPT" keyword to step through the commands of a CLIST one at a time.
• Retrieving previously issued task initiation streams.
• Allowing the concatenation of commands in a PF key.
• Replacing the "ENTER NEXT TASK CODE:" prompt with an CA IDMS/DC level menu to which all tasks return upon completion.
• Allowing the data administrator to define PF key help screens for specific users or terminals.
• Including online documentation functions as a powerful training tool.
• Placing all message text in an online format.
• Allowing all online message and product information to be printed upon request.
• Providing a menu builder feature that gives you administrative control over which tasks a user or terminal may invoke.
• Providing an online message facility that enables you to quickly and easily access all CA IDMS Masterkey message text. You can also print the messages with the online documentation print feature.
• Providing an online documentation print feature that enables you to print CA IDMS Masterkey messages and the online documentation.

Note: CA IDMS Masterkey is a system level product; it does not affect the PF key settings for any application program.