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Accessing RDF

To access RDF to create, edit, or display a report definition, you can select the appropriate option from the Report Maintenance Menu or enter the CREATE, EDIT, or DISPLAY REPORT command. You can control the fill‑in displayed when you enter the command with options in the command, or you can accept the default.

• For CREATE, the default is the Identification fill‑in.
• For EDIT and DISPLAY, the default is the Detail fill‑in.

The functions that CA Ideal provides to define and maintain report definitions are presented in the Report Maintenance Menu. To access this menu, select option 4 on the Main Menu or enter the REPORT command.

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 IDEAL   : REPORT MAINTENANCE     (RPT)                    SYS: DOC  MENU 
                                                                                
 Enter desired option number ===>   There are    8  options in this menu:
                                                                                
 1. DISPLAY/EDIT         ‑ Display or edit a report definition                 
 2. CREATE               ‑ Create a report definition                          
 3. PRINT                ‑ Print a report definition                           
 4. DELETE               ‑ Delete a report definition                          
 5. DUPLICATE            ‑ Duplicate report to new name                        
 6. DISPLAY INDEX        ‑ Display index of report names in system             
 7. PRINT INDEX          ‑ Print index of report names in system               
 8. PRODUCE              ‑ Produce a report facsimile                         

To return to the menu when you complete RDF activities, press the Return key (PF2) or enter the appropriate command.

For information on accessing the fill‑in screens in RDF with an explanation of each fill‑in field, see the appendix Fill-in Descriptions.