Recently Accessed Requests List
Whenever a request is named and saved and/or executed, it is added to a local storage area of all recently accessed requests.
To view the list of recently accessed requests, click the toolbar File-AID icon 
and select Data Editor. By default, up to 15 of your most recent requests are presented in the list, in descending order of time last saved or executed.
Mouse-over context menu actions available for a request in the list include: Open Request and Run Request. If you select Open Request, the request is Opened and presented for review before Running. If you select Run Request, the request is executed and the data retrieved and presented in the Editor data display. If the request references a host that you are not currently logged in to and that does not have saved credentials, you will be asked to supply login credentials.
The number of recently accessed requests to present is controlled by the Recent Requests preference (Window > Preferences > BMC > File-AID Data Editor > Recent Requests). 40 is the maximum, and 15 is the default.
In addition to the list of most recent requests, a second list of your favorite requests is prepended to the list of recently accessed requests. Use the Organize Favorites selection to access the Organize Request Favorites dialog box where you can manage the requests you want to appear in your list of favorites.
Organize Request Favorites
The Organize Request Favorites dialog box appears when you select Organize Favorites from the Data Editor menu, which also contains the recently accessed requests list. Access the menu by clicking the toolbar File-AID icon and selecting Data Editor.
In the Organize Request Favorites dialog box, any requests you have added to the list of favorites are presented.
Use the Add button to access the Add Request Favorites dialog box, where you can see a list of all accessed requests and choose one or more for inclusion in your list of favorites. To select a request, click the request name or checkbox next to the request and click OK.
Optionally, you can click Select All or Deselect All to check or uncheck the checkbox next to all requests.
You may also control your list of favorites by rearranging their order and by removing requests from the list. Click on a request and use the Up or Down buttons to reorder the list, or use the Remove button to discard a request from your favorites. Removing a request from the favorites does not delete the request, and it may still be listed among the most recently accessed requests as well as appear in the Add Request Favorites dialog.
Manage Data Editor Requests
The Manage Data Editor Requests dialog box appears when you select Manage Data Editor Requests from the Data Editor menu which also contains the recently executed requests list. Access the menu by clicking the toolbar File-AID icon and selecting Data Editor.
The Manage Data Editor Requests dialog box lists all of your saved requests. JDBC (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.) and HCI (DB2, IMS, etc.) request types are both listed. This dialog box enables you to clone, reassign, or delete one or more requests using an Operation group radio button to select the desired action:
- Delete processing is used to eliminate old or obsolete requests.
- Reassign processing is used to move one or more requests to a different Host:Port. This is helpful when a new port is made available to provide access to a different LPAR or JDBC/Database host or to different supporting products on a different port on the same LPAR or JDBC/Database host. For example when testing a new release of File-AID, a special port might be created, but you still want to be able to run requests you had saved on the original port.
Clone processing is used to copy a request and make it available on a different Host:Port. Since request names must be unique for a given type of request, you would use the Clone qualifier text input field to specify a change to the request name. Your new qualifier can be either a prefix (default) to the existing request name or a suffix to the name based on the Prefix/Suffix pull-down control.
If you select either the Clone or Reassign radio button, you must select a new Host:Port from the Host pull-down list. Note that you cannot reassign a request to the same port it is already defined on. Logic in the dialog will automatically filter out requests with a Host:Port matching what is already specified in the Host pull-down list when you select Reassign. In addition, the list is re-filtered when you choose a different new Host:Port from the Host pull-down list.
Specify the requests to be acted on by selecting one or more from the list of requests shown in the Existing Request Name list. The list is initially unordered and can be filtered by using the Request type and/or Host connection pull-down controls in the Filter group box. Click the Existing Request Name or Host Connection headings to toggle sorting of the list in ascending, descending, and initial order. Click to select a single request, Ctrl+click to select multiple requests, and Shift+click to select a group of requests starting with the first selected request and ending with the request you Shift+click.
After you have chosen an operation, filtered and selected the requests to act on, specified your new Host:Port, and provided Clone qualifier text (if cloning), click the Run button to update your requests.
Click the Close button to close the Manage Data Editor Requests dialog.
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