Defining and Maintaining Systems

Defining and Maintaining Systems

In CA Ideal, a system is a collection of application programs and the developers and users associated with them. The System Maintenance Menu that follows illustrates the functions provided by CA Ideal for the definition and maintenance of system definitions. To access this menu, select option 2, CREATE, on the CA Ideal Administration Maintenance Menu or enter the SYSTEM command.

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IDEAL: SYSTEM MAINTENANCE    SYS                         SYS: DOC      MENU

 Enter desired option number ===>      There are   7  options in this menu:

 1. EDIT/DISPLAY         - Edit or display a system definition
 2. CREATE               - Create a system definition
 3. PRINT                - Print a system definition
 4. DELETE               - Delete a system definition
 5. MARK STATUS          - Mark system status to production or history
 6. DUPLICATE            - Duplicate system definition to next version
 7. DISPLAY INDEX        - Display index of system definitions

You can define and maintain system definitions either by selecting options from the System Maintenance Menu or by entering the commands described in this section directly from the command line.