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Display Panels

A display panel displays information only. Other than scrolling commands and execution line commands, you cannot enter data on a display panel. Some display panels look just like their equivalent fill‑in panel, such as the DISPLAY DATAVIEW panel. Others, like the Display Index panel shown below, have no equivalent fill‑in.

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 IDEAL: DISPLAY INDEX         PNL                         SYS: $ID   DISPLAY
 
 Command Name    Ver S Run‑Sta Description                Created  Updated
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 000001 CCFERR   001 T PRIVATE Common subpgm for errors   09/25/93 09/25/93
 000002 CDSPA01  001 T PRIVATE Site Path Definition       10/06/94 10/06/94
 000003 CDSPI01  001 T PRIVATE Site Path Index            10/06/94 10/06/94
 000004 CDSST01  001 T PRIVATE State Target Index         10/06/94 10/09/94
 000005 CDSTI01  001 T PRIVATE Site Target Index          10/06/94 10/09/94
 000006 CWWOD01  001 T PRIVATE Work Order Detail          09/29/94 09/29/94
 000007 MARILYN  001 T PRIVATE Test panel for marilyn     10/13/94 10/13/94
 000008 MAR2     001 T PRIVATE                            10/13/94 10/13/94
 000009 MASKA    001 T PRIVATE Help Template #1           05/05/94 07/09/94
 000010 MASKB    001 T PRIVATE Help Template #2           05/05/94 07/09/94
 000011 MASKC    001 T PRIVATE Help Template #3           05/05/94 07/09/94
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You can scroll through a display panel using PF keys or line commands. You can also enter execution line commands in the Sequence number or Command field. For more information about execution of line commands, see the Command Reference Guide.

Main Menu

The Main Menu offers a selection of CA Ideal major facilities and functions. The Main Menu is the first panel to appear after sign on unless you established an alternative through the signon member described in the section Using a Sign on Member earlier in this chapter. To select a facility of function, tab to the selection field and enter the number of the option you want.

You can get to the same functions and facilities by specifying a command equivalent to the menu selection in the command area. The options listed in the menu are identical to the command syntax.

When you enter the option number, CA Ideal takes you to a menu, fill‑in, or, in some cases, directly to the function (as when you select option 11 for OFF).

Note: The PLAN option is for DB2 sites only.

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 IDEAL: MAIN MENU                                        SYS: $ID      MENU
  
 Enter desired option number ===> 4    There are  11 options in this menu:
 
  1. PROGRAM              Define and maintain programs
  2. DATAVIEW             Display dataview definitions
  3. PANEL                Panel Definition Facility
  4. REPORT               Report Definition Facility
  5. PLAN                 Application Plan Maintenance
  6. PROCESS              Compile, Run, Submit, Debug
  7. DISPLAY              Display Entities
  8. PRINT                Print Entities
  9. ADMINISTRATION       Administration functions
 10. HELP                 Overview of HELP facilities
 11. OFF                  End IDEAL Session

In this example, option 4 of the Main Menu was selected. This displays the Report Maintenance Menu.

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  IDEAL: REPORT MAINTENANCE    RPT                       SYS: DOC       MENU  

  Enter desired option number ===> 4    There are   8  options in this menu:
  
   1. EDIT/DISPLAY         ‑ 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. MARK STATUS          ‑ Mark report status to production or history
   6. DUPLICATE            ‑ Duplicate report to next version or new name
   7. DISPLAY INDEX        ‑ Display index of report names in system
   8. PRODUCE              ‑ Produce a report facsimile

You can select from eight choices. If you select option 5 of the Report Maintenance Menu, this prompter appears.

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IDEAL: MARK STATUS           RPT                             SYS: $ID  PROMPTER
                                                                               
MARK STATUS  RPT  __________________   VERSION  ____  TO ____                  
             (1)        (2)                   (3)      (4)                     
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(1) PGM = Program    (2) Name    (3) nnn = Ver. #   (4) PROD = Production      
    PNL = Panel                      PROD               HIST = History         
    RPT = Report                                                               
    SYS = System                                                               
    USR = User                                                                 
    DVW = Dataview (unmodelled)            

The Mark Status prompter contains the proper syntax for the MARK STATUS command. It shows you how to fill in variable information. The Return key (PF2/14) returns you to the Report Maintenance Menu. Pressing Return (PF2/14) again returns you to the Main Menu.

Note: The "RPT" has been filled in for you because you came from the Report Menu.

The same processes could occur by using commands in the command area instead of the menu‑driven method.

The Clear key always takes you out of the current facility and back to the Main Menu. For more information about transactions in CA Ideal, see the section Transactions later in this chapter.