The sample application panels
When you run the interactive sample applications, the sample application panels require you to enter information such as the action you want to complete.
You are prompted for the following information when you run the interactive sample applications.
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Regard these categories as a family of values that are used together to specify a task that is to be performed. For MAJOR SYSTEM, ACTION, OBJECT, and SEARCH CRITERIA, a character code of one or two characters is used as a form of shorthand to indicate the criteria that you want. The system provides a list of these codes with their meanings. A valid location name of 1 to 16 characters must be used for LOCATION. The value for DATA must be consistent with the data type and length of SEARCH CRITERIA.
- MAJOR SYSTEM
- MAJOR SYSTEM specifies the major application area. In the sample application, there are two major systems: organization and project. These major systems are implemented in separate transactions to keep the plan sizes reasonable. If you are running the Db2 distributed sample program, organization is the only system; therefore, this criterion is not used.
- ACTION
- ACTION specifies what you want to do with the object (specified on another line of the panel). You can display, update, add (insert), or erase (delete) information about the specified object.
- OBJECT
- OBJECT specifies the object about which you
want information. Normally, the action is associated with the object.
Examples of objects are information about an employee (EM) or information
about the relationship among departments (DS).Objects can be specified with the following codes for the organization application:
- DE
- Department—general department and manager information for department specified
- DS
- Department structure—hierarchy information for department specified
- EM
- Employee—information concerning employee specified.
Objects can be specified with the following codes for the project application:- PS
- Project structure—information on projects and subprojects
- AL
- Activity listing—information concerning the different activities that makes up a project
- PR
- Project—general project information
- AS
- Activity staffing—information about the employees staffed for activities of specified projects
- AE
- Activity estimate—information concerning the estimated staffing and time requirements of specified projects.
You are able only to add, update, or erase information about the selected object, although you can search and display based on other criteria. Items that are added or updated can be changed on the screen. Other fields are protected.
- SEARCH CRITERIA
- SEARCH CRITERIA helps to locate the specific
item of information upon which to act. The following codes can be specified for the search criteria field for the organization application:
- DI
- Department number
- DN
- Department name
- EI
- Employee number
- EN
- Employee name
- MI
- Manager number
- MN
- Manager name.
The following codes can be specified for the search criteria for the project application:- DI
- Department number
- DN
- Department name
- EI
- Employee number
- EN
- Employee name
- PI
- Project number
- PN
- Project name
- RI
- Responsible person number
- RN
- Responsible person name.
- LOCATION
- LOCATION is used only for the distributed application. It describes the location where the action is to take place. If this criterion is left blank, then the local location is assumed.
- DATA
- DATA further identifies the search criteria target. The data value specified must be consistent with the data type and length of the search criteria code. If the search criterion is an employee name (EN), manager name (MN), or responsible person name (RN), the value of data must be a person's last name.