You can use a name, a date, a time or a range of names, dates and times to select Natural library objects, Natural command processor sources, Natural-related objects, Natural DDMs (data definition modules on a remote mainframe platform) or external files.
This section contains information on the specification options provided for the following:
You can specify a name or a range of names.
In the list of options below, value is any combination of one or more characters:
| Input | Items Selected | |
|---|---|---|
| value | All items with names equal to value. | |
|
* |
All items. | |
| ? | All items with any single character for each question mark (?) entered. | |
| Leading Characters | value* | All items with names that start with
value.
Example: |
| Wildcard | value? | All items with names that start with
value and end with any single character for each
question mark (?) entered.
Example: |
| value?value? | All items that match
value combined with asterisk (*) and question mark
(?) in any order.
Example: |
|
| value*value? | ||
| *value?value* | ||
| Start Value | value> |
All items with names greater than or equal to value.
Example: |
| End Value | value< |
All items with names less than or equal to value.
Example: |
Note:
The parameter specification option New Value
only allows leading characters (asterisk (*) notation). See
Rules for
New Values in Set Global
Parameters in the section Settings.
All date values within the Object Handler are specified in international date format.
You can specify a date, a range of dates, a special date or a range of special dates. A date must be specified in the format YYYY-MM-DD (YYYY = year, MM = month, DD = day).
In the list of options below, the underlined portion of a keyword represents its valid abbreviation, and value is any combination of one or more digits:
| Input Value | Items Selected | |
|---|---|---|
| Date | YYYY-MM-DD | All items with a date equal to
YYYY-MM-DD.
Example: |
| Leading characters | value* |
All items with a date that starts with value.
Example: |
| Start value | value> |
All items with a date greater than value.
Example: Special dates can be used as value (see below). |
| End value | value< | All items with a date less than
value.
Example: |
| Special Dates | ||
TODAY
(+/-nnnn)
|
All items with the date of the current day.
The day can be followed by +nnnn or -nnnn where nnnn has a maximum of 4 digits. The resulting date is computed as the date of the current day plus or minus nnnn days. Example: If the current date is |
|
YESTERDAY |
All items with the date of the day before the current day. | |
MONTH |
All items with the date range of the current month.
Example: The current month is |
|
FMDATE: Starts with the first day of the current
month.
If the values of |
||
YEAR |
All items with the date range of the current year.
Example: The current year is |
|
FMDATE: Starts with the first day of the current
year.
If the values of |
||
Note:
The parameter specification option New Value
only allows leading characters (asterisk (*) notation). See
Rules for
New Values in Set Global
Parameters in the section Settings.
You can specify a time or a range of times. The time must be specified in the format HH:II:SS (HH = hours, II = minutes, SS = seconds).
In the list of options below, value is any combination of one or more digits:
| Input Value | Items Selected | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | HH:II:SS | All items with a time equal to
HH:II:SS.
Example: |
| Leading characters | value* | All items with a time that starts with
value.
Example: |
