Saving the Result of Active Retrieval Operations in Sets

The list of members generated by several active retrieval functions can be saved in sets for further processing with the List XRef function.

This document covers the following topics:

How and Where Sets are Saved

Sets are created by setting the SAVE SET flag in a retrieval menu to Y or with the function Create new set via selection in the XRef menu. See LIST XREF for Natural for more details.

There is no difference in the way sets are saved for Natural and 3GL.

Rules for Using Sets

The following rules apply when working with sets:

  • Sets can be displayed, purged, sent to another user, merged, subtracted or intersected. When a set is sent, a short comment can be included that will appear when the set is displayed at the terminal of the recipient.

  • Sets are saved separately for each user and each library. Any user defined in Predict can create and use up to ninety-nine sets in any library.

  • Natural objects contained in sets can be cataloged or stowed, their contents can be edited or listed directly from the set.

Note:
The use of sets applies to all active retrieval functions for all object types. See the sections LIST XREF for Natural and LIST XREF for Third Generation Languages.