Defining TRIGGER1

Because the graphical indexer displays the report as it is viewed in Content Manager OnDemand, the carriage control characters in column one of the data cannot be viewed from the graphical indexer.

About this task

The Identifier (Trigger1) determines the name of the trigger parameter. Trigger1 must always be defined and establishes a starting point where other group triggers and non-floating fields can be found. The Records to Search area determines the records ACIF searches to locate the trigger. For the phone bill report, ACIF should search every record. The Columns to Search area determines the column number of the trigger record where ACIF begins to search for the trigger string value. Set the Columns to Search to Carriage Control so that ACIF searches column one of each record. When that is done, the graphical indexer displays the trigger string value (X'F1') in the Value area.

Procedure

To define TRIGGER1:

  1. Select any column in the first record.
    When you select a column, the graphical indexer highlights the data.
  2. Click the Trigger icon on the toolbar to open the Add a Trigger dialog box.
  3. Click the Carriage Control button in the Columns to Search box.
  4. Click OK to add the trigger and return to the report window.