The Adabas Vista Online Services application is accessible from Adabas Online System (AOS), either the demo AOS version supplied with Adabas, or the full AOS version.
 To invoke Adabas Vista Online Services
To invoke Adabas Vista Online Services
Either select Adabas Vista from the AOS main menu
Or:
log on to SYSAVI and enter the command
                       MENU.
            
The Main Menu screen appears:
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09:29:50  ***** A D A B A S  VISTA SERVICES 8.1.2 *****               2006-05-29
                          -  Main Menu  -                              V1MAINM1
                Code    Service
                ----    ------------------
                 0      System Settings
                 1      Maintenance
                 2      Session Monitoring
                 3      Special Services
                 4      Avilook
                 5      About Adabas Vista
                 .      Exit
                ----    ------------------
         Code..: _
 You can easily switch around the tools for Fastpath, Vista etc by use of the
 PF Keys shown, or use the codes COR, AFP, AVI, AAF, ATM as commands - anytime.
 Command ==>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12
      Help        Exit              COR   AFP         AAF   ATM         Vers | 
The following options are available:
| Option | Description | 
|---|---|
| System Settings | Maintain Adabas Vista configuration file setting. | 
| Maintenance | Maintain Adabas Vista rules and client runtime controls. | 
| Session Monitoring | Monitor the current session. | 
| Special Services | Provide installation and applied ZAP information for the Adabas Vista components. | 
| Avilook | File analysis tool. | 
| About Adabas Vista | Display product information. | 
You can access screens in two ways:
sequentially by selecting a menu service and entering it in the Code field; or
directly by typing a numerical command on the command line.
For example, entering the command 1.1 on the
              command line directly accesses the Maintain Generations screen within the Rule
              maintenance function without first accessing the Maintenance menu. 
      
| Function | Object | Command | 
|---|---|---|
| System Settings | Menu | 0 | 
| LFILE 152 Maintenance | 0.1 | |
| Maintenance | Menu | 1 | 
| Partitioned Files | 1.1 | |
| Translation Rules | 1.2 | |
| Client Runtime Controls | 1.3 | |
| Session Monitoring | Menu | 2 | 
| Special Services | Menu | 3 | 
| Local SYSAVI Services | 3.1 | |
| AVILOOK | Menu | 4 | 
| About Adabas Vista | Information | 5 | 
SYSAVI uses PF keys for various actions. Key functions are standard throughout the system, wherever possible. The PF keys that apply to each screen are indicated at the bottom of the screen.
The following keys apply throughout the system:
| PF Key | Function | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| PF1 | Help | invoke the help specific to the current screen | 
| PF3 | Exit | quit and return to the previous screen | 
The following keys apply generally, depending on the type of action or function in use:
| PF Key | Function | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| PF4 | Refr | from active screens, refresh the data | 
| PF5 | Upd. | from general maintenance screens, commit the update | 
| PF7 | Back | from list screens, return to the previous page | 
| PF8 | Next | from list screens, move to the next page | 
| PF10 | Add | from general maintenance screens, add an object | 
| PF12 | Menu | return immediately to the main menu | 
 To invoke Adabas Vista help information
To invoke Adabas Vista help information
Press PF1.
The help screen that appears applies to the current screen and may comprise several pages. From each help screen, you can access lower level options or return to previous, higher levels.
An example of a help screen follows:
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10:54:00      ***** A D A B A S   VISTA SERVICES 8.1.2 *****        2006-05-29
              -  Help for Maintain Generations  -        Page 1 of 1 V11100H1  
                                                                               
 This screen lists all defined generations.                                    
                                                                               
 You may define multiple generations of Adabas Vista rules which allows  
 you to implement different configurations in a controlled manner.             
                                                                               
 Adabas Vista at runtime always executes using the active generation.          
                                                                               
   The following options are available:                                        
 1 ADD       - PF10  Add a new generation                                      
 2 DISPLAY   - 'D' = Display information about a generation                    
 3 MODIFY    - 'M' = Modify  information about a generation                    
 4 PURGE     - 'P' = Purge a generation and all its rules                
 5 COPY      - 'C' = Copy  a generation and all its rules                
 6 ACTIVATE  - 'A' = Activate a generation                                     
 7 EXPAND    - 'E' = Work with the change deltas for a generation              
 8 display gentab  = Display generation record                                 
 9 BROWSE    - 'B' = Browse the base rules for a generation (readonly)   
                                                                               
                                                                               
  Enter options 1 to 9 for Help about the individual functions, or,            
  . '.' to End Help, '-' for Previous Pages                                    
 | 
In the above example, you can navigate by entering
| - | to move backwards and up a menu level | 
| 1 - 9 | to move down a level to the function selected | 
If the help screen comprises multiple pages, you can enter
| + | to move to the next page | 
| - | to move to a previous page until page 1, then back up a level |