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Dataview Menu

The functions that CA Ideal offers for displaying or printing dataviews and for displaying a list of all dataview occurrences are illustrated in the Dataview Menu that follows. To access this menu, select option 2 on the Main Menu or enter the CA Ideal command DATAVIEW. To return to the Main Menu, press the Clear key.

Note: If a dataview is related to a system, the user must be authorized to that system to print or display the dataview or to run programs that have this dataview as a resource.

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IDEAL: DATAVIEW MENU         DVW                             SYS: DOC      MENU

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

  1. DISPLAY/EDIT         ‑ Display/Edit a dataview definition
  2. CATALOG              ‑ Catalog dataview definition
  3. CREATE               ‑ Create unmodeled dataview definition
  4. DUPLICATE            ‑ Duplicate unmodeled dataview definition
  5. DELETE               ‑ Delete unmodeled or DB2 dataview definition
  6. DISPLAY INDEX        ‑ Display index of dataview names
  7. PRINT                ‑ Print dataview definition

CA Datacom/DB dataviews are defined and maintained by the site data administrator using Datadictionary.

The following functions are available from the Dataview Menu:

DISPLAY/EDIT

Select Option 1 to display or edit a dataview definition. You are prompted to specify whether you want to display the dataview or edit it.

CATALOG

Select Option 2 to catalog a dataview definition. A prompter panel displays to help you complete the command.

CREATE

Select Option 3 to create a VSAM or sequential dataview definition. The Dataview Identification fill‑in displays.

DUPLICATE

Select Option 4 to duplicate a VSAM or sequential file dataview definition. A prompter displays to request the new name for the duplicated definition.

DELETE

Select Option 5 to delete a VSAM, SQL, or sequential file dataview definition.

DISPLAY INDEX

Select Option 6 to display a list of cataloged dataviews.

PRINT

Select Option 7 to print a cataloged dataview definition.

For more information about command syntax equivalent of each menu selection, see the Command Reference Guide. If you enter an incomplete command, a prompter displays to request the missing information.

After a fill‑in is complete: