The -CE (call of elements) lines tab is used to add Data
Element calls and possibly other lines such as group Data Elements,
Segments, fillers in a Segment instance. You can easily change the
order of the call lines, create new call lines in the table, and modify
the values for each element.
Procedure
- Adding Data Element calls:
- If no element has ever been assigned to the Segment,
the table is empty. To add a Data Element call to your table, click Add
Data Element. If it is not, set your cursor where you
want to insert a Data Element call line. The Data Element entry is
sequential. To create a first Data Element line in a defined group,
click the group line. Otherwise, click in the group where the Data
Element call line must be added. Then, click Add Data Element.
- In the window that opens up, you find the of the Data
Elements imported into your workspace. Select one of them and press OK,
or you can create a new Data Element. To open the creation wizard,
click New Data Element . When the new Data
Element is created, it is added to the of Data Elements in the primary
window. Now, you have to select it and press OK. The new Data Element call is added to the of Data Elements
available in your location.
- Adding undefined Data Elements calls:
You
can create call lines for Data Elements which are not defined in the
location, only if they do not have a real functional meaning (group
Data Elements, fillers, and so on). The name and format, or only the
format of undefined Data Elements must be indicated at the Segment
level.- If your table is empty, click Add Undefined
Data. Otherwise, set your cursor where you want to insert
a new Data Element call line.
- A Data Element line is inserted in the table,
the
icon with the
signal
warns you that the Data Element must be defined. The Data Element
definition must be completed in the Undefined Data Element section
or directly in the dedicated column cells in the table to resolve
the error. You must give at least a name, label, and internal format
to define a Data Element at the Segment level.
- Adding a group call:
You can call a group
Data Element, that is a set of Data Elements named elementary Data
Elements. There can be up to 99 elementary elements, on nine different
levels maximum. A group can include other groups. A group can also
include one or more Segments. Each Segment call is then considered
as an elementary element. - If your table is empty, click Add group.
Otherwise, set your cursor where you want to insert a new Data Element
call line. The Data Element entry is sequential.
- A 'group' is added to the table, enter the characteristics
of the group directly in the table or in the Group Definition section.
- Adding a filler call:
Fillers are not
defined in the Location. They are used as alignment fields, and do
not contain any information. Consequently, they are characterized
only by their format.- If your table is empty, click Add filler.
Otherwise, set your cursor where you want to insert a filler call
line. The element input is sequential.
- A filler call line identified by the default value of
its format is added to the . You can modify the format and other call
characteristics in the table or in the Filler Definition section.
- Adding Segment calls:
- If your table is empty, click Add Segment.
Otherwise, set your cursor where you want to insert a Segment call
line. The element input is sequential.
- In the window that opens up, you find the of the Segments
imported into your workspace. Select one of them and press OK,
or you can create a Segment. To open the creation wizard, click New
Segment . When the new Segment is created, it is added
to the of Segments in the primary window, select it and press OK. The new Segment call is added to the table. Then, enter
the call characteristics of the Segment in the table or in the Segment
call section.
- Other actions in the call lines :
- To remove element calls from the table, select an element
to delete and click Remove. A Group is removed
with all its subelements.
- To change the order in the table, click the element
and the up arrow/down arrow which represents the move up/down action.
- You can copy one or more lines and paste them after
the selection. Right-click the selection to display the menu. Only
elements or groups with the same level of indentation can be copied
and pasted.
- To create Sets of Redefines for a Data Element call
for example, click a Data Element to be redefined, check the Redefines option
in the Data Element call section. In the Set
of Redefines line that is created, you find the redefined
Data Element and the preceding one of the same level in the tree structure.
You must then define the Occurs option in the Set
of Redefines section that shows up when you click the
Set of Redefines line call. Redefines are also possible for Segment
calls, groups, and fillers. To create sets of Redefines for these
called elements, the procedure is the same as for the Data Elements.
What to do next
Once you have added element calls or modified the element
calls in the table, you must enter their characteristics and the attributes
of the associated Logical View. It can be done directly in the column
cells of the table or in the section dedicated to each entity call
type.
- To display the content of the Data Element call section,
click a Data Element call in the table.
- To display the content of the Undefined Data Element
call section, click a new Data Element call in the table.
- To display the content of the Segment call section,
click a Segment call in the table.
- To display the content of the Filler Definition section,
click a filler in the table, you can then enter the information about
the selected filler.
- To display the content of the Group Definition section,
click a group in the table, you can then complete the information
about the selected group.
Note: You can click the other menus in all sections to access
more specifications: