In the-CE Lines (call of elements)
tab, you 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 a Data Element call:
- If the table is empty, click Add Data Element or
select this action in the contextual menu of the table. If the table
is not empty, 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. You can
also click in the group where the Data Element call line must be added.
Then, click Add Data Element.
- The dialog box that opens displays the list of the available
Data Elements. If the list is large, you can reduce it by entering
a string that is used as filter (the filtering is performed on the
code or on the label of the instance). Select an instance and press OK.
You can also create a Data Element. To open the creation
wizard, click New Data Element . When the Data
Element is created, it is added to the list of Data Elements in the
primary window. Select it and press OK.
The
new Data Element call is added to the table.
- Adding an undefined Data Element call:
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 (such as group Data Elements or fillers). The name and format,
or only the format of undefined Data Elements must be indicated at
the Segment or Table level.
- If the 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
symbol 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 or Table level.
- Adding a group call:
You can
call a group of elementary Data Elements. There can be up to 99 elementary
Data 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 Data Element.
- If the table is empty, click Add group or
select this action in the contextual menu of the table. If it is not
empty, set your cursor where you want to insert a new Data Element
call line.
- A group is added to the table. Complete the editable
column cells or the input fields 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 table. You can modify the format and other
call characteristics in the table or in the Filler Definition section.
- Adding a Segment call:
- If the table is empty, click Add Segment.
If it is not empty, set your cursor where you want to insert a Segment
call line. The element input is sequential.
- The dialog box that opens displays the list of the available
Segments. Select one of them and press OK.
You can also create a Segment. To open the creation
wizard, click New Segment . When the Segment
is created, it is added to the list 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 a call line from the table, select
it and click Remove. A group is removed with
all its subelements.
- To change the order in the table, click the
line and move it by clicking the direction button.
- 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.
- You can create Sets of Redefines for
a Data Element call for example. To do so, click a Data Element to
be redefined and select the Redefines option
in the Data Element call section. IA Set
of Redefines line is created. It contains the redefined
Data Element and the preceding Data Element with the same level in
the tree structure. You must then define the Occurs option
in the Set of Redefines section that is displayed
when you click the Set of Redefines line call.
Redefines are also possible for Segment calls, groups, and fillers.
What to do next
After 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 that is dedicated to each entity
call type. You can do 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 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 and enter the information about the selected
filler.
- To display the content of the Group Definition section,
click a group in the table and complete the information about the
selected group.
Note: Click the other menus in all sections to access more specifications
such as the following ones: