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List Criteria Panel

After entering the list description details, press F8 (Forward) to specify the list criteria on the CAS : List Criteria panel.

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 Command ===>                                                       Function=Add

 Appl ID ............... TST
 List Type ............. PUBLIC    (PUBLIC or PRIVATE)
 Userid ................           (Userid if PRIVATE)
 List Name ............. TST001

 Criteria Appl ID .....+ ___
          Type ......... ________  (PUBLIC or PRIVATE or FREEFORM)
          Userid ....... ________  (Userid if PRIVATE)
          Name ........+ ________

 Sort Expression ....... _______________________________________________________
                         _______________________________________________________

 Format List Appl ID ..+ ___
             Type ...... _______   (PUBLIC or PRIVATE)
             Userid .... ________
             Name .....+ ________


  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=File      F4=Save
  F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap                               F12=Cancel

This panel is used to optionally specify a criteria, sort expression and existing list format to be used by the list definition.

A criteria can be associated with a list (that is used by the service procedure) to filter items to be included on the list. This criteria can be an existing criteria definition or a freeform criteria in which the user enters the details of the criteria at run time.

You can specify a sort expression to determine the order that items are displayed. The sort expression is used by the list service procedure and thus the syntax and complexity of this expression is dependent on this procedure. If a sort expression is not specified, items are displayed in the order in which they are retrieved by the service procedure.

This panel also lets you specify the identifier of an existing list definition from which the format and presentation attributes for the current list are drawn.

For example, if you want to define several lists that share the same format, you can define a list to be used as a template. This list should be set to INACTIVE so that it cannot be used, and does not appear on a list of lists. You can then define subsequent lists in the same format as the template list.

For information about the fields and options displayed, press F1 (Help).