You create a new Data Structure from the Design Explorer view.
To create a new Data Structure:
- Open the Design Explorer view. In the locations
list, create a new location or open an existing location.
- Select the location level or any entity or instance level and right-click.
Select ..
- In the wizard which opens up:
- Enter the project name or select an existing
project in the dropdown list.
- Specify the package name or select an
existing one in the dropdown list.
- Enter the instance name. The
Data Structure name is alphanumeric.
- Enter the instance label. The
label is the instance's name. Words used in this field become implicit keywords.
This name is broken down into keywords as follows: Blanks within the NAME
are considered as delimiters; all equals ('=') and asterisks ('*') are replaced
with blanks, Words with more than 13 characters are truncated, Only the
first 10 words are taken into account, Words of only one character are not
taken into account, A certain number of non-keywords, i.e. empty words, are
also ignored: THE, AN, AND, OR, OF, IS, ARE, OUT, IN, NOT, AT, BUT, IT, ON,
NO, and IF, in the VA Pac English version. For IMS material, uppercases are
required.
- To view the Data Structure in the default editor once it is
created, check the Open editor on finish option.
- Press the Finish button.