In the -CE Lines (call of elements)
tab, add Data Element calls and other lines such as group Data Elements
in a Table 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 Table entity,
the -CE lines 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 Data Elements
imported into your workspace. Select one of them and press OK,
or you can create a Data Element. To open the creation wizard, click New
Data Element . When the new Data Element is created, it
is added to the Data Elements in the primary window. Now, you need
to select it and press OK. The
new Data Element call is added to the Data Elements available in your
location.
- Adding undefined Data Elements calls:
You
can create call lines for Data Elements that 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 Table level.- If your -CE lines 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 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. - If your -CE lines 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.
- The following actions can be performed too 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 one of the direction buttons.
- 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. 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. You can perform the following actions:
- 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 Group Definition section,
click a group in the table, you can then complete the information
about the selected group.
Note: You can click the following menus in all sections to access
more specifications: