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Task: Find both the name and type of the yacht in which a customer sailed on a cruise starting on March 9 1991. the customer is very tall and remembers that the yacht had head room of more than 1m95cm.

Information about cruise starting dates is stored in the fileSAG-TOURS-E-CRUISE. Yacht names and technical specifications are stored in the file SAG-TOURS-E-YACHT. Because you need information from two files, you must link them using the INCLUDE command.

For further information on linking files, see INCLUDE command and What is File Linking? in Files in the User's Guide.

Super Natural searches the primary and secondary files as follows when the transaction is run:

1. A search is made in the SAG-TOURS-E-CRUISE file for all records which meet the selection criterion START-DATE = 19910309. The following records are found:

1. When a record is found in the primary file, Super Natural takes the value of its link field (ID-YACHT) and searches the secondary file for records whose link field (YACHT-ID) has the same value. The following records are found:

1. The selection criterion HEAD-ROOM > 1.95 is applied to the records found in the secondary file. The following record is found.

Transaction Specification

This section covers the following topics:

• Create the Transaction SAMPLE6

Create the Transaction SAMPLE6

To Add a Transaction

1. Issue the ADD TRANSACTION SAMPLE6 command.

   The Add Transaction window appears.

2. Type "File Link" in the Description field (optional).

To Choose a Primary File

The report requires data from the primary file SAG-TOURS-E-CRUISE.

1. Type SAG-TOURS-E-CRUISE in the File Name field.

2. Press Enter.

   The Worksheet appears.

To Choose Secondary File

1. Issue the INCLUDE command.

   The Include Files window appears.

2. Enter SAG-TOURS-E-YACHT in the Secondary File field. You can also use the Asterisk (*) List function.

   17:31 ***** Super Natural ***** 1998-05-13 SAMPLE6 - Worksheet - SN3011 Ref DB Field Name +--------------------Include Files--------------------+ BE _____________ ! ! BF _____________ ! Primary File ..... SAG-TOURS-E-CRUISE______________ ! BG _____________ ! Secondary File ... sag-tours-e-yacht_______________ ! BH _____________ ! ! BI _____________ ! Add Lookup File .. ________________________________ ! BJ _____________ ! Process Lookups .. _ ! BK _____________ ! ! BL _____________ +-----------------------------------------------------+ BM ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BN ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BO ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BP ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BQ ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BR ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ Fill in required definitions Command ===> Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Help Exit Flip Canc

   The Define File Link window appears.

3. Type ID-YACHT in the Link Field in Primary File field.

4. Type YACHT-ID in the Link Field in Secondary File field.

   17:31 ***** Super Natural ***** 1998-05-13 SAMPLE6 - Worksheet - SN3011 Ref DB Field Name +--------------- +----------Define File Link----------+ BE _____________ ! ! ! BF _____________ ! Primary File . ! Primary File ! BG _____________ ! Secondary File ! SAG-TOURS-E-CRUISE ! BH _____________ ! ! Link field in primary file ! BI _____________ ! Add Lookup Fil ! id-yacht________________________ ! BJ _____________ ! Process Lookup ! From position .. ... ! BK _____________ ! ! to position .. ... ! BL _____________ +--------------- ! ! BM ______________________________ ! Secondary File ! BN ______________________________ ! SAG-TOURS-E-YACHT ! BO ______________________________ ! Link field in secondary file ! BP ______________________________ ! yacht-id________________________ ! BQ ______________________________ ! ! BR ______________________________ +------------------------------------+

   The fields ID-YACHT and YACHT-ID are used as link fields because they both have the format N8 and contain comparable data. You can also use the Asterisk (*) List function to review the field list for each file.

5. Press Enter.

   The Define File Link window closes.

6. Press Enter.

   The Include Files window closes.

To Choose Fields

The report requires data stored in the fields YACHT-NAME, YACHT-TYPE, START-DATE and HEAD-ROOM.

• Choose the fields as described in Step 3 of Sample 1.

To Determine Display Sequence for Horizontal Output

1. Type " 1" in the Sequence column next to the field YACHT-NAME.

2. Type "2" in the Sequence column next to the field YACHT-TYPE.

3. Type "3" in the Sequence column next to the field START-DATE.

4. Type "4" in the Sequence column next to the field HEAD-ROOM.

   The Worksheet now looks like this:

   17:36 ***** Super Natural ***** 1998-05-13 SAMPLE6 - Worksheet - SN3011 Ref DB Field Name Seq S/C Func Def Info Del AE 1K 2 START-DATE ..................... 3__ ___ __ __ __ __ AL 1K ID-YACHT ....................... ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BE 2K YACHT-ID ....................... ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BF 2K YACHT-NAME ..................... 1__ ___ __ __ __ __ BK 2K YACHT-TYPE ..................... 2__ ___ __ __ __ __ BQ 2 HEAD-ROOM ...................... 4__ ___ __ __ __ __ BS ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BT ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BU ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BV ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BW ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BX ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BY ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ BZ ________________________________ ___ ___ __ __ __ __ Fill in required definitions Command ===> Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Help Next Exit Field Incl Flip - + Sel Run Canc

   The "2"s in the DB column indicate that the fields they are next to are in the secondary file.

To Define Selection Criteria

1. Issue the SELECTION command. You can also abbreviate this command to SEL.

   The Selection Editor appears.

   The report requires information on a cruise which started on 9 March 1991 and used a yacht which had more head room than 1.95m.

2. Enter START-DATE = 19910309 AND HEAD-ROOM > 1.95 in the editor area.

   17:37 ***** Super Natural ***** 1998-05-13 SAMPLE6 - Selection Editor - SNZUL-S 1 < START-DATE = 19910309 AND HEAD-ROOM > 1.95 > 1 2 < > 2 3 < > 3 4 < > 4 5 < > 5 6 < > 6 7 < > 7 8 < > 8 9 < > 9 10 < > 10 11 < > 11 12 < > 12 13 < > 13 14 < > 14 15 < > 15 SELECTION lines are correct Command ===> Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Help Next Exit Field Check Flip - + Cont Run Canc

To Run the Transaction

1. Issue the RUN command.

   Because the headers of the fields you have chosen for display are too wide to fit on the standard page, the Report Line Length window appears.

2. Mark the option "Change to Report Type Vertical".

   17:37 ***** Super Natural ***** 1998-05-13 SAMPLE6 - Selection Editor - SNZUL-S +----------------Report Line Length-----------------+ 1 < START-DATE = 1 ! ! 2 < ! The selected fields required a line size of .. 79 ! 3 < ! The field headers required a line size of .... 82 ! 4 < ! The available Online line size at present ... 79 ! 5 < ! ! 6 < ! - Enlarge Available Line Size ! 7 < ! x Change to Report Type Vertical List ! 8 < ! _ Truncate Headers ! 9 < ! _ Remove Excess Fields ! 10 < ! _ Remove Excess Fields and Truncate Headers ! 11 < ! _ Modify Transaction ! 12 < ! ! 13 < +---------------------------------------------------+

3. Press Enter.

   The report is generated. Part of the resulting report is shown below:

   17:44:38 START-DATE = 19910309 AND HEAD-ROOM > 1.95 1998-05-13 ISAMPL6 1 YACHT-NAME ..................... CASABLANCA YACHT-TYPE ..................... PACIFIC 52 START-DATE ..................... 19910309 HEAD-ROOM ...................... 2.05 Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Print Exit Flip + Posi < > Canc

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