Main design tasks in the Segment editor
You use the Segment editor to complete design tasks such as creating DBD complement lines, adding element calls, or customizing SQL access types.
- Defining non-specific Segments
In the Definition tab, you enter the characteristics of 00 Segments that are used in batch validation programs. - Defining specific Segments
In the Definition tab, you enter the characteristics of the specific part of records represented by non-00 Segments that are used in batch validation programs. - Creating DBD complement lines
From the DBD complement tab of the Segment editor, you can insert description lines such as SQL or SOCRATE lines in the -CE Lines of a Segment that is used as a relational database. - Adding elements to a Segment
In the -CE Lines tab, you can add Data Element calls and other lines such as group Data Elements, Segments, fillers. You can easily change the order of the call lines, create new call lines in the table, and modify the values for each element. - Adding generation elements
You can create or modify customized SQL access types in a Segment. - Customizing SQL access types in Segments, Logical Views, and Tables
You customize SQL access in the -GG Lines, on G type lines. On the first line, you enter the access type that you want to customize. On the next lines, you specify the parts of the access type that you want to modify or add.
Parent topic: The Segment entity
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