Customizing the List/Report Selection Table layout (Option P.5)

Introduction

The List/Report Selection table provides several layouts. You can switch between these layouts by scrolling horizontally using the keys PF10 (LEFT) and PF11 (RIGHT).

Each user can also define an own layout. This layout will be used when you specify User in the Layout field on page 2 of the List/Report Selection panel.

You can customize the layout of the "List/Report Selection Table" according to your specific requirements. Alternatively, you can also enter the primary command LAYOUT in the "List/Report Selection Table".

Customizing the layout of the selection table

To customize the layout of the "List/Report Selection Table":

From the "Primary Selection Menu", choose option P.5.
This will display the "List/Report Selection Table Layout" panel.
Enter the desired values in the Layout panel area.
Press PF8 to view further values offered by the system and make the desired entries.
Enter the desired values in the respective columns and press ENTER to store them in the table in the desired sequence.
The values will be displayed in the line immediately following the Layout: line.
Do one of the following:
- Enter the primary command SAVE in the command line to save the values of your customized layout in your ISPF-user profile. The "List/Report Selection Table" is now customized according to your requirements.
- Press PF3 to discard the changes made to the table.

List/Report Selection Table Layout

PE97PRO5 -------------------------------------------------------- Row 1 of 32
 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> CSR_

 List/Report Selection Table Layout

 Pos = Field position A = Attribute (H)ighlighted, justified (R)ight
 Len = Field length Header = Table header text

Enter SAVE in the command line to store the layout in your user profile.

Layout:
Sel .Date .Time .Form .Extension .Report .

Pos A Len Max.Len Header Default Header Description
01 _ 10 10 Date____________ Date Beta 97 read-in date
02 _ 11 11 Time____________ Time Beta 97 read-in time
03 _ 8_ 8 Form____________ Form Form name
04 _ 16 16 Extension_______ Extension Extension name
05 _ 16 16 Report__________ Report Report name
.. _ 5 7 Pages___________ Pages Number of pages
.. _ 10 10 Lines___________ Lines Number of lines
.. _ 7_ 7 Status__________ Status Online/Offline
.. _ 4_ 4 Onl_____________ Onl List/report is online
.. _ 4_ 4 View____________ View List/report is viewable

Columns

Column	Description
Pos	Enter the position in which the specific field and the corresponding table header text should appear on your screen in your specific "List/Report Selection Table" layout.
A	Enter an H in this column in case you would like to highlight a specific table column in your customized "List/Report Selection Table" layout. Enter an R in case you would like the column to be right justified in your "List/Report Selection Table" display. The system's default value is blank.
Len	Enter the desired length of the field and the table header text column length. In case you enter a value in this column which is greater than the maximum length offered by Adabas Audit Data Retrieval, the system will automatically set back the value to the maximum length of the header text column.
Max. Len	The maximum length allowed by Adabas Audit Data Retrieval for this specific table header column. This value can not be modified.
Header	You can customize the text of your table header column according to your requirements as long as it does not exceed the maximum length offered by Adabas Audit Data Retrieval for this specific header column.
Default Header	All default table header options offered by Adabas Audit Data Retrieval for customizing your individual "List/Report Selection Table" layout.
Description	Description of the table header columns.

Notes on changing and saving the user layout

The first column of a user layout is reserved for the select column. Type an appropriate value in the Pos column and press ENTER to add the corresponding column to your user layout.

When you press ENTER in the "List/Report Selection Table Layout" panel, the fields are re-sorted according to the specified position so that the selected fields are displayed at the top of the table. The line below Layout shows the current arrangement of the columns that your have selected for your user layout:

PE97PRO5 --------------------------------------------------------- Row 1 of 31
 Command ===> ________________________________________________ Scroll ===> PAGE

 List/Report Selection Table Layout

 Pos = Field position A = Attribute (H)ighlighted, justified (R)ight
 Len = Field length Header = Table header text

 Enter SAVE in the command line to store the layout in your user profile.

 Layout:
 Sel Date Time Description

 Pos A Len Max.Len Header Default Header Description
 01 _ 10 10 Date____________ Date Beta 97 read-in date
 02 _ 5_ 11 Time____________ Time Beta 97 read-in time
 03 _ 55 70 Description_____ Title List/report title
 .. _ 8_ 8 Form____________ Form Form name
 .. _ 16 16 Extension_______ Extension Extension name
 .. _ 16 16 Report__________ Report Report name
 .. _ 16 16 Sta.Report______ Sta.Report Report name (static name)
 .. _ 11 11 SMode___________ SMode Report search mode
 .. _ 7_ 7 Pages___________ Pages Number of pages
 .. _ 4_ 4 Onl_____________ Onl List/report is online

If you press PF3, you leave the panel without saving any changes. A message will inform you of this. In order to save changes to the user layout, you must enter the primary command SAVE in the command line.

When you call the List/Report Selection Table Layout panel from the List/Report Selection table (primary command LAYOUT), changes to the user layout will become effective only after you refresh the table display (new selection or primary command REF).