Using the ICU panels

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility

Using the ICU panels

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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When you are in the ICU, things start to get easy.

The ICU shows you panels that list the choices you can make and lets you make a choice by typing in a number or a letter. Here is an example of how to use the ICU panels.

When you start the ICU, you will see the Home Panel. The screen looks like this:

Figure 21. The ICU home panel

Now imagine you are going to do something. One of the things you can do when you are using the ICU is to have a little chart at the bottom of the screen. This little chart is called the Preview Chart. Suppose that you want to turn it on.

Look at the screen: it gives you a list of numbered things. You choose the number of the thing you want, type it in, and press ENTER. Looking down the list, you'll see "M Menu Control and Preview Chart," which looks like the thing you're looking for. Type M, press ENTER, and the screen changes to look like the one this:

Figure 22. The ICU menu control panel

This is a different sort of panel. It shows you the choices that the ICU has made for you, and lets you change them.

What you want is the preview chart, the first choice on the panel. You probably do not know whether you want "except for Data Entry Panels" (2), or "including Data Entry Panels" (2), so you might choose either. Change the first 1 on the screen to 2 or 3 (3 is best for the beginner) and press ENTER. A small rectangle appears at the bottom of the screen. This will show a small version of your chart when you have typed in some data.

For the moment, don't change any of the other values. It's always sensible to keep things as simple as possible. ICU is designed so that you have to make as few changes as possible.

So what do you do next? Well, if you read the line at the bottom of the screen, you can see that it is a list of PF keys. The last few words on the line are "12=Home." Press PF12 to go back to the Home Panel where you can do other things.

Here is the Home Panel again:

Figure 23. The ICU home panel

This time you might select "1 - Chart Type," to choose a type of chart,
or "2 - Data," to type in your data, or any of the other choices depending on what you wanted to do.

That is how you use the ICU. Start at the Home Panel, look for the thing you want to do. Go to another panel to do it, then go back to the Home Panel to do something else. This way you build up the chart you want.

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