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Administrative Functions

This is an overview of the functions required to maintain CA Ideal. You can categorize these functions as CA Ideal administration, print administration, and dataview administration.

Some of the functions typically performed by the different administrators are illustrated in the CA Ideal Administration Maintenance Menu. To access this menu, enter the number for the Administration option on the Main Menu or enter the command ADMINISTRATION.

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IDEAL: ADMINISTRATION MAINT                             SYS: DOC       MENU

Enter desired option number ===>      There are 6 options in this menu:

 1. USER                 - Define and maintain user definitions
 2. SYSTEM               - Define and maintain system definitions
 3. DDOL                 - Enter DATADICTIONARY Online (for DD Maint.)
 4. DATAQUERY            - Transfer to Dataquery
 5. CATALOG DATAVIEW     - Catalog dataviews
 6. UTILITY              - Miscellaneous utilities

Note: These functions are only available to users with the appropriate authorization. All other users receive an error message. Each option on the Administration Maintenance Menu is described fully in this guide. Options shown here that do not apply to your environment do not display on your screen.

Selecting an option displays a fill-in panel. When a fill-in is completed, press the Enter key or a PF key to apply the modified data. Pressing the Enter key applies the data, but leaves the current fill-in displayed. To continue, enter the appropriate command or press the appropriate PF key. Pressing the Clear key returns the session to the CA Ideal Main Menu without applying the modified data (except in certain cases with RUN). Pressing a PA key also ignores modified data. The PA1 key issues a RESHOW. The PA2 key displays current PF/PA key assignments.

In addition to the functions on the Administration Maintenance Menu, options to various commands that are usually restricted to administrators are described in the Command Reference Guide. Where appropriate, these administrative commands are described in this guide.