Criteria Menu panel


File-AID/Data Solutions displays the Criteria menu when you press END after completing a Data Solutions function. This menu allows you to perform additional functions on the input data set without returning back to the Primary Option Menu. The options that appear on this menu are similar to those on the Primary Option menu; refer to the section describing the specific function for more information.

The Global Fields option allows you to define global fields which you can reference in any of the change and selection criteria sets.

When you are finished modifying your selection, press <Enter> to specify output formatting. See Output Specification.

The Formatted Criteria screens for each of the following Change Criteria functions are described in the section listed:

Criteria Menu

File-AID/Data Solutions ---------- Criteria Menu ---  ---- CREATE NEW CRITERIA
OPTION ===>
                                                                - Status -      
     0   OPTIONS                - Selection criteria options    default         
     G   GLOBAL                 - GLOBAL Fields                   0 fields      
     1   DATE AGING             - Aging criteria                  0 sets        
     2.1 EURO CONVERSION        - Euro Conversion criteria        0 sets        
     2.2 TRIANGULATION          - Currency Triangulation          0 sets        
     3.1 DATE PATTERN ANALYSIS  - Date Pattern criteria           0 sets        
     3.2 VALIDATION             - Validate criteria               0 sets        
     3.3 DATA ANALYSIS          - Data Analysis criteria          0 sets       
     4   TRANSLATOR             - Data Translator criteria        0 sets        
     5.1 GENERATOR              - Data Generator criteria         0 sets        
     5.2 PATTERN                - Pattern Data Generation         0 sets        
     6   FIELD EXITS            - Utilities criteria              0 sets        
     7   DATA ENCRYPTION        - Data Encryption Criteria        0 sets        
     8   REPLACE                - Data Replace Criteria           0 sets        
                                                                               
 Member list description ===> ______________________________                    
     Long    ===> ______________________________________________________________
 Description ===> ______________________________________________________________
                                                                               
 Commands: VIEW, SAVE, END, CANCEL,  

Field Descriptions

OPTION

Specify one of the Data Solutions functions.

Status

Specifies the status of the change criteria and the defined global variables associated with the change criteria data set and member listed on the top line of this screen:

OPTIONS

Reports whether the default options have been modified. Valid values are default or not default.

n fields

Specifies the number of global variable fields that have been defined. These user defined variables are available for use by any of the sets within the criteria.

n sets

Specifies the number of sets that are specified for change criteria. A set of change criteria is defined as a single expression that can lead to the selection of a record. A set may test for one condition or several conditions. The conditions can be ANDed together and several conditions separated by commas create nested OR conditions within a set.

Member list description

Specify a 30-byte description of the criteria. This description is stored in the member and is displayed on the member list screen, allowing you to identify the criteria specified in this member.

Long description

Specify a longer change criteria description, up to 62 characters. This information is stored in the change criteria member.

Primary commands

The following table lists the valid primary commands on the Criteria Menu, and the process that occurs when any option other than S (Criteria) was entered from the Primary Option Menu:

CANCEL

Returns to the Change Criteria - Dataset Specification screen without saving any criteria information.

END

If the criteria exists, it is saved to the original location. If the criteria is new, the Change Criteria Dataset Specification screen is displayed. See Saving Change Criteria Information.

ENTER

Displays the Criteria Menu again.

SAVE

The Change Criteria - Dataset Specification screen is displayed. See Saving Change Criteria Information.

VIEW

Displays the View Criteria screen, which summarizes the options and criteria sets into a scrollable display.

 

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