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What are CA OLQ features?

A menu facility

Using the CA OLQ menu facility you can learn how to create reports quickly. The menus are easy to use, and provide most of the power of syntax-driven CA OLQ.

CA OLQ command mode

CA OLQ also offers syntax mode for very specific queries, or for people who prefer to use syntax.

For information on how to use CA OLQ command mode, refer to the CA OLQ Reference Guide.

Two processing modes

You can create a report in either an online or a batch environment.

Two access modes

CA OLQ provides you with the ability to access both SQL and ASF tables, database and logical records, and sequential files (batch only). Setting the access switch to either idms or olq tells CA OLQ what kind of table you want to access.

For more information about setting the access mode, see the section "Step 1 — Select the type of table".