Navigator User Guide

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Shortcut Menus

A shortcut menu appears when you right-click a folder or resource in the

Resource Explorer

, or right-click an item in a

Record

Table

window.

The shortcut menus contain the commands that are appropriate for the selected item.

Shortcut menus are available for the following items:

Folders on the

Resources

tab in

Resource Explorer

Data Capture

and its subfolders, including

Application Groups

Extraction Groups

, and

Registration Groups

Data Maps

Personal Metadata

Resources on the

Resource Explorer

tabs or in a

Record

Table

window:

Application groups and applications

Extraction groups and extraction maps, and the columns in an extraction map

Registration groups and capture registrations

Data maps, and records, fields, tables, and columns in a data map

Personal metadata profiles and tables in personal metadata profiles

Commands are available from the menu bar or a shortcut menu or both. The following tables describe the commands that are available from shortcut menus only. For other commands, see Menus on the Menu Bar.

Application Groups and Applications

The following table describes the commands for application groups and applications that are available from a shortcut menu only:

Right-click	Commands
An open application group	Reset to New Start Point . Reset the extraction start point for an extraction tracked by an application.

Capture Registrations

The following table describes the commands for capture registrations that are available from a shortcut menu only:

Right-click	Commands
An open capture registration	Amend Columns . Add or remove columns from capture registrations for the sources that support selective-column capture. View Elements . For Datacom sources, view elements of a Datacom record such as offset and length. View Paths . For IDMS sources, view the parent hierarchy above the IDMS base record.

Data Maps

The following table describes the commands for data maps that are available from a shortcut menu only:

Right-click	Commands
An open data map	Sort Items . Sort the records and tables in a data map in alphabetical order.
An open IMS data map	Display IMS Hierarchy . Display the IMS hierarchy for an IMS data map.
A field name in a Record window	Add Field Before . Add a field to a record before a selected field. Add Field After . Add a field to a record after a selected field. Add Field as Child . Add a field to a record as a child of a selected field of type GROUP. Add Field at End . Add a field to the end of a record.
A column name in a Table window	Add Column Before . Add a column to a table before a selected column. Add Column After . Add a column to a table after a selected column. Add Column at End . Add a column at the end of a table.
A row on the Expr(`n`) tab of a Record window	Add Field Before . Add a field and an expression for that field before a selected field. Add Field After . Add a field and an expression for that field after a selected field. Add Field at End . Add a field and an expression for that field after a selected field. Delete Field . Delete a field. Move Field Up . Move a field up on Expr(`n`) tab in Record window. Move Field Down . Move a field down on Expr(`n`) tab in Record window. Organize Fields . Move completed fields to the top of the list on Expr(`n`) tab in Record window. Hide Type Columns . Hide type columns on Expr(`n`) tab in Record window. Show Type Columns . Show type columns on Expr(`n`) tab in Record window. Restore Columns . Restore columns on Expr(`n`) tab in Record window.
Double-click a cell in the Expression column on the Expr(`n`) tab of a Record window	Insert Unicode control character . Insert Unicode control character into an expression. Right to left Reading order . Enable or disable right-to-left reading order for an expression. Show Unicode control characters . Show or hide Unicode control characters for an expression.

Data Files Associated with a Data Map

The following table describes the commands for data files that are available from a shortcut menu only:

Right-click	Commands
A selected record in a data file view To display a data file view, open a data map for a file source, right-click the data map and select Properties , and then click View File on the Access Method tab.	Show Scale . Show a ruler that marks the number of characters in a record in a data file. Hide Scale . Hide the ruler.

Extraction Groups and Extraction Maps

The following table describes the commands for extraction groups and extraction maps that are available from a shortcut menu only:

Right-click	Commands
An open extraction map	Amend Capture Registrations . Change the capture registration that is associated with the extraction map. Amend Change Indicator/Before Images Extensions . Add or remove the change indicator and before image columns for an extraction map. Create Data Map . Create a data map from an extraction map.
A column in an extraction map	Amend Change Indicator/Before Images Extensions . Add or remove change indicator (CI) and before image (BI) columns for an extraction map. Show Auto Generated Columns . Show the PowerExchange-generated columns in an extraction map.

Personal Metadata

The following table describes the commands for personal metadata profiles and tables that are available from a shortcut menu only:

Right-click	Commands
An open personal metadata profile	Refresh . Refreshes the data that appears in a personal metadata profile.
A table in a personal metadata profile	Explore . Displays metadata for the table in the Table window.

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Table of Contents

Navigator User Guide

Navigator User Guide

Shortcut Menus

Shortcut Menus

Application Groups and Applications

Capture Registrations

Data Maps

Data Files Associated with a Data Map

Extraction Groups and Extraction Maps

Personal Metadata