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Output Record Header

DataManager uses the output record header to standardize the format of a crucial part of every PMA output record.

 1   4                   22                  40
├───┼────────┬──────────┼────────┬──────────┼─────────┤
|123|yyyymmdd hhmmsstttt|yyyymmdd hhmmsstttt|hhmmsssss|
└ORD┴───START STAMP─────┴────STOP STAMP─────┴DURATION─┘
NAME

This is where DataManager stores the date, time and duration of services. Not all fields are required. Just fill in one of these combinations on the Output Record Header panel:

• Start Stamp and Stop Stamp
• Start Stamp and Duration
• Stop Stamp and Duration
• Start Stamp, Stop Stamp and Duration

Obviously, DataManager expects you to specify fields that are currently defined dates, times or durations. Then DataManager merges these IRD fields into start and stop stamps.

If you also want these same IRD fields to be unique fields in the output data records, you must use them to define ORD fields on the Output Record Definition panel.

Output Record Header

  userid                      CA PMA/DataManager              mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
  __     Input  Output  oPtions  Exit  Help
 
  +- DMODESH ----------- Output Record Header ---------------+ ----------------
  º   Panel  Exit  Help                                      º                 
  º -------------------------------------------------------- º --------------- 
  º   Enter the Output Record Header Information             º                 
  |                                                          |                 
  º   ORD Name  : MJB                                        º 0000 of: 0000   
  º   IRD Name  : MJB                                        º                 
  º                                                          º                 
  º                    IRD  Date             IRD  Time       º ription         
  º                      Field                 Field         º                 
  º                                                          º _____________   
  º   Start Stamp .  ________________      ________________  º _____________   
  º   Stop Stamp  .  ________________      ________________  º _____________   
  º                                                          º _____________   
  º   Duration Time  . . . . . . . . . . . ________________  º _____________   
  |                                                          | _____________   
  º    F5=Save                                               º                 
  +----------------------------------------------------------+                 
  +----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Command ===> ____________________________________________________________
  F1=Help  F3=Exit  F4=Prompt  F9=Command  F10=Action Bar  F12=Cancel  PA1=Susp

ORD Name and IRD Name are protected fields (values preceded by :) whose values are derived from the Output Record Definition panel.

Access

The Output Record Header panel appears when one of these events occurs:

• You type OO in the fast path area of the Primary Panel's action bar, fill in the Output Record Description panel, press F2, fill in the Input Record Definition panel and press F5.
• You choose Output on the Primary Panel's action bar and select 1. Output Definitions on the Output pull-down. Then you press F11 to browse existing records, tab to a record, press Enter and then press F11.

  ┌───────────────┐
  | Primary       |
┌─┤ Panel         ├─────┐
| |           >OO |     |
| └────────────┬──┘     |
|      >Output |        |
└───────┬──────┘        |
        |               |
        v               |
┌──────────────┐        |
| Output       |        |
| Pull-Down    ├─────┐  |
|           >1 |     |  |
└──────────────┘     v  v
           ┌───────────────┐
           | Output Record |
         ┌─┤ Description   ├────┐
         | | panel     >F2 |    |
    ┌────┤ └────────────┬──┘    |
    |    |         >F11 |       |
    |    └──────────────┘       |
    v                           v
┌─────────────┐    ┌───────────────┐
| Output      |    | Output Record |
| Descriptions|───>| Definition    |
| List  >Enter|    | panel    >F11 |
└─────────────┘    └───────┬───────┘
                           |
                           v
                   ┌───────────────┐
                   | Output Record |
                   | Header        |
                   | panel         |
                   └───────────────┘

Input

The following fields on the Output Record Header panel are available for input:

IRD Date Field

The names of IRD date fields. These values specify the dates when this service started and ended.

IRD Time Field

The names of IRD time fields. These values specify the times when this service started and ended.

Duration Time

The name of the IRD field that stores the duration of these services.

Actions

F5

(Save) Saves this output header information.