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The Brief Form of the Input Record Description Panel

The first Input Record Description panel you see really serves two purposes: it can begin to define a new input record description, or it can request a list of input records that already exist.

Input Record Description Panel (brief)

  userid                      CA PMA/DataManager              mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
  __     Input  Output  oPtions  Exit  Help
  +-- DMIDESP ------Input Record Description -------------
  º   Panel  Exit  Help                                   
  º ----------------------------------------------------- 
  |  Enter a New Input Record Description or Browse IRDs  
  |                                                       
  º    DD Name  . . . . . OURDATA                         
  º    IRD Name . . . . . OURSITE_                        
  º                                                       
  º   F2=Create   F11=Browse                              
  +-------------------------------------------------------
Command ===> ____________________________________________________________
  F1=Help  F3=Exit  F4=Prompt  F9=Command  F10=Action Bar  F12=Cancel  PA1=Susp

• Use this panel to select which records you want listed. For example, list all existing input records in the DEVELOPMENT version by typing the SQL wildcard (%) in each of these fields and pressing F11. To display all the records defined for a single data set, specify that ddname and type % for IRD Name. To display all the records that start with the letter J, type % for DD Name, J% for IRD Name and press F11. F11 displays the Input Descriptions List panel.
• To begin defining a new input record, fill in this panel and press F2. This displays the complete Input Record Description panel (see The Complete Input Record Description Panel).

Access

The Input Record Description panel appears when one of these events occurs:

• You choose 1. Input Definitions from the Input pull-down.
• You type II in the fast path area of the Primary Panel's action bar.
• You return from the Input Descriptions List.

  ┌───────────────┐
  | Primary       |
┌─┤ Panel         ├────────┐
| |           >II |        |
| └────────────┬──┘        |
|       >Input |           |
└────────┬─────┘           |
         |                 |
         v                 v
┌──────────────┐
| Input        |    ┌──────────────┐
| Pull-Down    ├───>| Input Record |
|           >1 |  ┌─┤ Description  ├──┐
└──────────────┘  | | (brief)  >F11|  |
                  | └────────────┬─┘  |
         ┌────────┤          >F2 |    |
         |        └──────────────┘    |
         |                 ▲          |
         |                 |          |
         v                 |          |
┌──────────────┐    ┌──────┴───────┐  |
| Input Record |    | Input        |  |
| Description  |    | Descriptions |<─┘
| (complete)   |    | List     >F3 |
└──────────────┘    └──────────────┘

Input

The following fields on the Input Record Description panel are available for input:

DD Name

An internal ddname for the data set where this record is stored.

IRD Name

A name of up to eight alphanumeric characters that you assign to this input record.

Actions

F2

(Create) Displays the complete Input Record Description panel so you can define a new record for the IRDDESC table.

F11

(Browse) Displays the Input Descriptions List.