Invoking and Terminating a Natural Session

This document covers the following topics:

Invoking Natural
Terminating Natural

It is also possible to start and terminate a Natural batch session. See Natural in Batch Mode in the Operations documentation.

Invoking Natural

The way you invoke Natural depends on how the system has been configured at your site. For most installations, you invoke Natural as described below.

To invoke Natural

Enter the following command at the UNIX system prompt:
```
natural
```
The main menu appears. See Natural Main Menu for further information.

Notes:

You can set up your own environment by specifying dynamic parameters when starting Natural. See Dynamic Assignment of Parameter Values in the Operations documentation.
If Natural Security is active, access to some libraries and some functions may be restricted. Ask your Natural Security administrator for details.

Terminating Natural

A Natural session can be terminated in different ways.

To terminate Natural

Select the Fin menu and press ENTER.

Or:
Select the Direct menu and press ENTER. In the resulting Direct Command window enter the system command FIN and press ENTER.

Or:
Execute a Natural program which contains a TERMINATE statement.

Note:
Termination methods can also be defined with the Configuration Utility. See also Program Loading and Deletion in the Overview of Profile Parameters section of the Configuration Utility documentation.