Advanced User

This section describes how to invoke advanced-user mode and perform the unload, load and scan functions.

Note:
This parameter is no longer used and is kept for compatibility reasons only.

Activating Advanced User

Start of instruction set To activate advanced-user mode

  • From the Main Menu, select the Advanced user field (the field is not selected by default).

    Or:
    Set advanced-user mode as the default by specifying the Advanced-Mode parameter in your Object Handler profile (see Profile Settings).

Processing Objects

Start of instruction set To process objects in advanced-user mode

  1. In the Main Menu, check the Advanced user field and select Unload, Load or Scan.

  2. Choose ENTER to continue.

    The Unload/Load/Scan Settings screen appears with the sections Options and Parameters.

  3. Set the options and parameters as described in the section Settings.

  4. Choose ENTER to continue.

    The Select Unload/Load/Scan Type screen appears.

  5. Select the objects you want to process: see also the section Object Specification.

  6. Choose Details to specify additional selection criteria: see the relevant sections in Object Specification.

  7. Choose ENTER to continue.

    • If the parameter Display-Cmd-in-Advanced-Mode is set to N (No) in the Object Handler profile (this is the default), or if no such profile exists, the command generated from the input data is executed immediately after you have specified the selection data. See also Profile Settings.

      The Display Unload/Load/Scan Report screen appears with a list of the objects processed if the field Write report was selected (this is the default). See also Work File Options in the section Settings.

    • If the parameter Display-Cmd-in-Advanced-Mode is set to Y (Yes) in the Object Handler profile (see Profile Settings), or if the command SET ADVANCEDCMD ON (see Commands for Navigation and Special Functions) was executed earlier, a screen appears, which displays the command generated from the input data.

      You can save the command displayed as a Workplan of the type PROCEDURE (see also Workplans), by entering the command SAVE or by choosing PF5 (Save).

      Choose ENTER to confirm command execution or choose PF3 (Exit) to modify the processing settings before confirming command execution.

      The Display Unload/Load/Scan Report screen appears with a list of the objects processed if the field Write report was selected (this is the default). See also Work File Options in the section Settings.