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
Either select Adabas Vista from the AOS main menu
Or:
log on to SYSAVI and enter the command
MENU.
The Main Menu screen appears:
09:19:23 ***** A D A B A S VISTA SERVICES 8.2.1 ***** 2011-02-28
- Main Menu - V1MAINM1
Code Service
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0 System Settings
1 Maintenance
2 Current Activity Displays
3 Special Services
4 Avilook
5 About Adabas Vista
. Exit
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Code..: _
You can easily switch around the tools for Fastpath, Vista etc by use of
PF11, 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 Prods Vers
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The following options are available:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| System Settings | Maintain Adabas Vista configuration file and security settings. |
| Maintenance | Maintain Adabas Vista rules and client runtime controls. |
| Current Activity Displays | Display the activity of the current session. |
| Special Services | Provide installation and applied fix information for the Adabas Vista components. |
| AVILOOK | File analysis tool. |
| About Adabas Vista | Display product information. |
Note:
From the Adabas Vista main menu, you may switch to the online systems
of Adabas System Coordinator, Adabas Fastpath, Adabas SAF Security or Adabas
Transaction Manager by pressing PF11. This will result in a window
appearing within which you can make your product selection. You may also switch
from any screen with a command line by entering the appropriate three-character
code (for example, AVI for Adabas Vista) as a command. You may only switch to
the same version of another online system.
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 | |
| SAF Security Settings | 0.2 | |
| Maintenance | Menu | 1 |
| Partitioned Files | 1.1 | |
| Translation Rules | 1.2 | |
| Client Runtime Controls | 1.3 | |
| Current Activity Displays | 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
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:
10:54:00 ***** A D A B A S VISTA SERVICES 8.2.1 ***** 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
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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 |
