Segment Overview
The Overview tab displays the label in a read/write mode. It also displays information specific to the instance in a read-only mode and provides access to the other tabs of the instance.
Description of the tab
Three sections are not tabs. They are displayed in the Overview tab only: Alerts and Action Items, General information, and Generation parameters definition (on some entities).All the other sections provide links to the corresponding editor tabs.
If information is displayed in a section, you can complete one of
the following actions:
- Click the information if it is displayed as a link. You automatically switch to where the information is specified.
- Click More to switch to the corresponding tab.
The sections of the tab
- Alerts and Action Items
- Any problem that is related to the current instance is displayed in this section as a link. If you click this link, you automatically switch to the Problems view, where the line that corresponds to the error is highlighted. The error is explained and you can correct it.
The General information section
displays the following fields:
- Work context
- The work context is the project from which you open the editor of the current instance. This
project constitutes the starting point for the resolution of the dynamic links and references
between the instances of the various projects. The projects hierarchy that is declared in the design
build path is explored in an upward direction.
If you click Hierarchy, you can see a partial view of the design build path. In this view, the project that constitutes the work context is the lowest project of the hierarchy.
For more information, see The work context and The design build path.
- Name
- The instance name is displayed in read-only mode. It is entered when the instance is created, and it cannot be modified later.
- Label
- Enter the label that identifies the instance. It will constitute a search criterion upon a subsequent search.
The Keywords section displays the keywords, if
any, that are already assigned to the instance.
The other sections are the following ones:
- The Definition section displays the information required to define a 00 Segment or a specific Segment. Clicking More in this section switches to the Definition tab where updates are possible.
- The -CE Lines section displays the Data Element call lines of the Segment. Clicking More in this section switches to the -CE Lines tab where updates are possible.
- The Level, Address and Length section displays information about the elements called in the Segment, such as their COBOL descriptions. You also find statistics on the current Segment. Clicking More in this section switches to the Level, Address and Length tab but no updates are possible in this tab.
- The SQL Complement section displays the description lines of entities called in a Segment used as a relational database. Clicking More in this section switches to the SQL Complement tab where updates are possible.
- The -G Lines section displays the comments, error messages, generation elements, generation options associated with the Segment. Clicking More in this section switches to the -G Lines tab where updates are possible.
- The Keywords section. Clicking More in this section switches to the Keywords tab where updates are possible.