HELP Panel

Online HELP tutorial information is available through the HELP panel.

  ---------------------------  CA-7 ONLINE TUTORIAL  ---------------------------
  FUNCTION ===>           (LEAVE BLANK EXCEPT TO TRANSFER)

  INDEX:    (Y = INDEX OF ALL COMMANDS)

  APPLICATION:      (VALUE FROM FOLLOWING LIST OR SPECIFIC 4 CHAR NAME)
   1 - GENERAL INQUIRY       6 - RESTARTING A JOB         11 - MGMT GRAPHS
   2 - QUEUE MAINT           7 - DATA BASE MAINT          12 - PERSONAL SCHED
   3 - QUEUE MGMT/POSTING    8 - DATA BASE ANALYZE        13 - VRM MAINT
   4 - SYSTEM COMMANDS       9 - SCHED RESOLUTION         14 - ARF
   5 - UTILITIES            10 - FORECASTING


  COMMAND:          (SPECIFIC COMMAND NAME, UP TO 8 CHARACTERS)
    FORMAT:      (Y = SAMPLE FORMAT)
    EXAMPLE:     (Y = COMMAND EXAMPLE)
    GENERAL:     (Y = GENERAL DISCUSSION)
    DETAIL:      (Y = DETAILED EXPLANATION)


  PROGRAM: HLPM   MSG-INDX: 00   -- HELP     --   yy.137 / 09:51:38
  MESSAGE: ENTER VALUES, TRANSFER OR ENTER A COMMAND on THE TOP LINE

To display, enter:

HELP as a top line command.
HELP as the FUNCTION value on any other menu or formatted input panel.

To exit:

Press PF3 to return to the HELP panel.
Enter a top line command.
Change the command shown to any other batch format HELP option.
Replace the command shown with EXIT to return to the HELP panel.

This panel contains the following fields:

FUNCTION

This field is only used to transfer to some other menu or some other formatted panel function that is only offered on some other menu. To transfer to some other panel, enter the name of the desired panel.

INDEX

Enter Y to display an index listing of all commands. The display includes:

Names of all commands
Application name to which each command belongs
Brief description of each command's purpose

If used, remaining fields on this panel are ignored. Leave blank if APPLICATION or COMMAND are used.

APPLICATION

This field is used to display information about a specific CA WA CA 7 Edition application.

Numeric value from the list on the panel can be entered or, if already known, the specific four character application name can be entered.

If used, the remaining fields on the panel are ignored. Leave blank if INDEX or COMMAND are used.

The display includes:

General discussion of the application
List of all available commands in the application with a short description of each command
Example of the format of each command

COMMAND

This field is used to display information about a specific command. To use, enter the name of the command just as it would be entered on the top line (for example, LJOB, /MSG).

This field is ignored if INDEX or APPLICATION are used.

If all HELP information for that command is wanted, leave the following fields blank. The display includes all of the parts that can be individually selected with the following fields. Use the following fields to display only selected portions of HELP information. Y in all of them displays the same information as if none of them were selected.

FORMAT

Enter Y to display a sample format for the command.

EXAMPLE

Enter Y to display examples of the command.

GENERAL

Enter Y to display a general discussion of the command and its purpose.

DETAIL

Enter Y to display a detailed discussion of each command keyword.