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Select AFP Index Value

AFP index value selection lets you to find a report section associated a certain index value.

AFP index value selection is similar to the logical view index value selection.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Report List, Favorites List, Subscription Creation Pane, or Cross-Report Match List.
2. Find an AFP Report.
3. Find Action in your report’s row.

   Note: The Action button is in the second column. If there is no Action button and no Action column, this option must be turned off.

4. Click Action.

   The report or favorite action drop-down list is displayed.

   Note: The report or favorite actions available to you depend on the type of selected report.

5. Click Index Selection.

   The AFP index view selection pane is displayed.

6. Select an AFP Index View from the drop-down list.

   The Index Value Selection pane is displayed.

7. (Optional) Do one of the following:
   • Select As Uppercase

     All the index values or values masks, such as R*, that you type, are converted to uppercase.

   • Select As Type

     All the index values or values masks, such as R*, are retained in the same case as you typed them.

8. Find the Indexes table.

   The index name is listed next to a textbox where you can enter a value or a value mask.

9. (Optional) Enter value mask in one or more of the index value text boxes.

   To enter the value mask for a particular index, find the value text box in the same row as that index.

   Note: A value mask is a partial value entry that uses a wildcard, such as 5?5 or T*. An asterisk wildcard matches zero or more characters; a question mark wildcard matches a single character. The default mask is a single asterisk, *.

10. Click Get Values (in the above table).

    A table of possible index values is displayed. Each possible value is displayed as a row of the table with a link.

    Note: If you get a message, such as, There are no index values that match the above search criteria, try changing you values masks.

11. (Optional) Use navigation arrows to list other possible index values.
    • >> displays the last group of possible index values
    • > displays the next group of possible index values
    • < displays the previous group of possible index values
    • << displays the first group of possible index values

    Note: Arrows are displayed only if there is more than one group of values.

12. Click the link for the index value.

    The report section matching your index value selection is displayed in the bottom left side pane.

    You can browse this report section as you would typically browse a mainframe test report. Additionally, you can perform various report actions on this report section.

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