Step 2—Specifying new extract request
File-AID/RDX displays the Request File Member List screen illustrated in the following figure when you select Option 2, Extract, from the File-AID/RDX Primary Option Menu and your Extract Reference List is empty (first time use of extract option other than Single Panel extract) and you specified an extract request file in your current profile.
Request File Member List
Command ===> NEW Scroll ===> CSR
Primary Commands: New, Find, Size, REFerence
Line Commands: G = Go C = Change Selection & Go S = Select M = Modify
D = Delete R = Rename
Request File ===> FRSAMP.EXTCRIT
Member Description Changed
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Select the driving object for the extract: | |
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In this field… | Do the following: |
Command | Type NEW to start a new extract request. |
Press Enter | File-AID/RDX displays the DB2 Driving Object screen. |
Field Names and Descriptions
The following list describes all of the fields on this screen.
FIELD | DESCRIPTION |
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Request File | The request file name comes from your current profile. If your profile does not include a request file, File-AID/RDX will prompt for one. Enter a new file name to change to a different saved request file or extract criteria file and File-AID/RDX will display its member list. Clear the field and File-AID/RDX displays the “Extract Reference List”. |
Member | Member name in the saved extract request file or extract criteria file. The member names are displayed in alphabetical order. |
Description | Text that was entered in the Description field when the extract request was created. If you left the field blank, File-AID/RDX sets the description to the driving object type and name. |
Changed | Date when the member was last saved. |
Primary Commands
The following File-AID/RDX-specific primary commands are valid on this screen.
COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
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FIND (F) | Searches the member list for the specified string and scrolls the list to display the first matching entry at the top of the displayed entries. Use RFind to repeat the search. |
NEW (N) | Starts a new extract request based on your current profile. File-AID/RDX displays either the DB2 or MVS Driving Object screen as set in your profile. |
REFERENCE (REF) | Displays your Extract Reference List panel. |
SIZE (S) | Increases the scrollable area to display more entries at a time by hiding some of the screen header lines. Size is a toggle switch so enter Size again to return to the original format. |
Line Commands
The following File-AID/RDX-specific line commands are valid on this screen:
COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
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C (Change selection criteria & Go) | Repeats this extract request with new selection criteria for the driving object. File-AID/RDX then displays the Driving Object Selection Criteria screen. After you specified the new selection criteria, File-AID/RDX will submit the extract request. |
G (Go) | Submits this extract request without any changes. |
M (Modify ) | Selects this extract request, displays the “Modify Extract Request” panel for you to change or “clone” an existing extract request. |
S (Select) | Selects this extract request and displays the Extract Menu prefilled with all the information from this request. |
D (Delete) | Delete this member from the request file. Displays the “Delete Confirmation window”. |
R (Rename) | Rename the request member. The “Rename Confirmation window” allows you to enter a new name for the request file member. |