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  • PowerExchange for CDC and Mainframe 10.5
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Table of Contents

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  1. Preface
  2. PowerExchange Navigator Introduction
  3. Data Maps
  4. Data Maps for Specific Data Sources
  5. Copybooks
  6. Registration Groups and Capture Registrations
  7. Extraction Groups and Extraction Maps
  8. Personal Metadata
  9. Database Row Test
  10. PowerExchange Navigator Examples
  11. Appendix A: PowerExchange Functions for User-Defined Fields
  12. Appendix B: User Access Method Programs
  13. Appendix C: Application Groups and Applications
  14. Appendix D: Data Map Properties
  15. Appendix E: Record, Field, and Table Properties
  16. Appendix F: DTL__CAPXTIMESTAMP Time Stamps
  17. Appendix G: Trace for Creating a Memory Map When Importing a COBOL Copybook

Navigator User Guide

Navigator User Guide

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Menus on the Menu Bar

Menus on the Menu Bar

Each menu on the menu bar displays a list of commands.
The menu bar contains the following menus:
  • File
  • Edit
  • Add
  • Resource
  • Mode
  • View
  • Options
  • Window
  • Help
The commands in each of these menus are described below.

File menu

The following table describes the commands in the
File
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys for the commands:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Open Resource
Opens a PowerExchange resource.
CTRL+O
Close Resource
Closes a PowerExchange resource.
-
Send to Remote Node
Sends a data map to a remote system.
-
Database Row Test
Opens the
Database Row Test
 dialog box.
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Import Copybook
Imports a copybook into a data map.
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Exported Data Maps
Displays a list of the exported data maps and enables you to import them.
-
View Data File
Displays the data file associated with a data map.
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Save
Saves a data map, extraction group, extraction map, registration group, or capture registration.
CTRL+S
Save As
Saves a data map under another name.
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Print
Prints a data map, record, field, table, or column.
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Encrypt Password
Encrypts a clear text password.
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Refresh
Refreshes all locally held resources, including data maps, browser profiles, application groups, extraction groups, and registration groups.
-
Exit
Exits the PowerExchange Navigator.
-

Edit menu

The following table describes the commands in the
Edit
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Cut
Cuts a resource and moves it to the clipboard.
CTRL+X
Copy
Copies a resource to the clipboard.
CTRL+C
Paste
Inserts a copy of the clipboard contents at the insertion point.
CTRL+V
Find
Finds one of the following items:
  • A field in a record in a data map.
  • A column in a table in a data map.
  • A table in a personal metadata profile.
  • A column in a personal metadata table.
CTRL+F

Add menu

The following table describes the commands in the
Add
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Personal Metadata
Adds a personal metadata profile.
CTRL+T
Data Map
Adds a data map.
CTRL+D
Registration Group
Adds a registration group.
CTRL+G
Extraction Group
Adds an extraction group.
CTRL+E
Application Group
Adds an application group.
CTRL+L
Record
Adds a record to the selected data map.
-
Table
Adds a table to the selected data map.
-
Field
Adds a field to the selected record.
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Column
Adds a column to the selected table.
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Capture Registration
Adds a capture registration to the selected registration group.
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Extract Definition
Adds an extraction map to the selected extraction group.
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Resource menu

The following table describes the commands in the
Resource
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Properties
Displays properties for the selected data map, record, field, table, or column.
CTRL+P
Delete
Deletes a PowerExchange resource.
DELETE
Logons
Enables logon information to be entered to access data maps and data.
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FDT
For an Adabas data map, displays the imported field definition table (FDT) in the
Adabas FDT
 dialog box.
In the
Adabas FDT
 dialog box, click
Refresh FDT
 to refresh the FDT.
-

Mode menu

The following table describes the commands in the
Mode
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Char
Displays records in character format in a data file view.
-
Char/Hex
Displays records in character and hexadecimal format in a data file view.
-
Vertical
Displays records vertically in character and hexadecimal format in a data file view.
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ASCII
Displays records using the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) character encoding in a data file view.
-
EBCDIC
Displays records using the Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDIC) character encoding in a data file view.
-
No shortcut keys are available for these commands.

View menu

The following table describes the commands in the
View
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Toolbar
Shows or hides the toolbar.
-
Status Bar
Shows or hides the status bar.
-
Resource Explorer
Shows or hides the
Resource Explorer
.
-
Output
Shows or hides the
Database Row Test Output
 window.
-
Resource Inspector
Shows or hides the
Resource Inspector
.
-
No shortcut keys are available for these commands.

Options menu

The following table describes the commands in the
Options
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Resource Configuration
Enables you to configure directories for PowerExchange resources.
-
Preferences
Enables you to configure preferences for data maps.
-
No shortcut keys are available for these commands.

Window menu

The following table describes the commands in the
Window
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Cascade
Arranges windows in an overlapped fashion.
-
Tile Horizontally
Arranges windows in a non-overlapped fashion.
-
Tile Vertically
Arranges windows side by side.
-
Arrange Icons
Arranges icons of closed windows.
-
Open windows
Displays titles of any open windows. Click a window title to switch to that window.
-
No shortcut keys are available for these commands.

Help menu

The following table describes the commands in the
Help
 menu and lists any available shortcut keys:
Command
Description
Shortcut Key
Documentation Contents
Displays the PowerExchange documentation.
-
Help Topics
Displays the Help for the PowerExchange Navigator.
F1
About
Displays version information for the PowerExchange Navigator.
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