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.
Procedure
- You can add 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 filter acts on the name or
on the label of the instance.
- You can select an instance and press OK.
- You can 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.
You can also call a Data Element directly from the Name column of the
table.
Two methods are possible:
- Place the cursor in the column and enter the name directly. To make
the input easier, you can open a content assist wizard by clicking Ctrl and the space bar
simultaneously. If you start entering a name, the content assist displays the instances that start
with this input. If you enter the name of an instance that does not exist and if you validate, the
input is discarded.
- Click the button that appears when you set your cursor in the column. In the selection wizard
that opens, select an instance.
The new call is added to the table. You must then indicate its characteristics.
- You can add 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.
- You can add 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.
- You can add a filler call.
Fillers are not defined in the Location. They are used as alignment fields, and do not contain
any information. Therefore, 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.
- You can add 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.
- You can select one of them and press OK.
- You can 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.
You can also call a Segment directly from the Name column of the table.
Two methods are possible:
- Place the cursor in the column and enter the name directly. To make
the input easier, you can open a content assist wizard by clicking Ctrl and the space bar
simultaneously. If you start entering a name, the content assist displays the instances that start
with this input. If you enter the name of an instance that does not exist and if you validate, the
input is discarded.
- Click the button that appears when you set your cursor in the column. In the selection wizard
that opens, select an instance.
The new call is added to the table. You must then indicate its characteristics.
- You can also complete the following actions in the table:
- You can remove a call line from the table. Select it and click
Remove. A group is removed with all its subelements.
- You can change the order in the table. Select 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. A 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.