The -CE (call of elements) lines of a Segment mainly consists of
Data Element calls and possibly other lines such as Group Elements, Segments,
Fillers. You can easily change the order of the call lines, create new ones
and modify some of the call characteristics.
You add Element call lines to a Segment from the -CE line tab in
the Segment editor. You can add Data Element calls, Undefined Data Elements,
Groups and fillers, Segments in a tree-structure list.
- Adding Data Element calls
- If your list is empty, you directly click the Add
Data Element button, if it is not, set your cursor where you want
to insert a Data Element call line. The Element input is sequential. To enter
a Data Element line call in a defined Group, click on the group line for a
first call in the group, or if it is not, click in the group where the Data
Element call line must be added, then press the button.
- In the dialog box that opens up, you find the list of Data Elements
imported in your workspace. Select one of them and press OK,
or you can create a new Data Element call. To do so, click the New
Data Element button and in the creation wizard that opens up,
complete the input fields. When the new Data Element call is created, it is
added to the list of Data Element in the previous dialog box, select it and
press OK. The new Data Element call
is added in the list of Element call lines.
- Adding Undefined Data Elements calls It is possible
to create call lines for Data Elements which are defined in the Dictionary,
only when they do not have a real functional meaning (group Elements, fillers,
etc.) The name and/or format of undefined Data Elements must be indicated
at the segment level.
- If your list is empty, you directly click the Add
Undefined Data ... button, if it is not, set your cursor where
you want to insert a new Data Element call line. The Element input is sequential.
- A line called 'Unamed Data Element' is inserted in the
list, 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
to resolve the error. You need to 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, i.e. 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 list is empty, you directly click the Add
Group button, if it is not, set your cursor where you want to
insert a new Data Element call line. The Element input is sequential.
- An 'Unamed Group' is added to the list, a tree structure
is created. As it does not contain any elementary Element, the is displayed
next to the group name in the list, as long as the group remains empty. You
need to complete the input fields in the Group Definition section.
- Adding a Filler call Fillers are not defined
in the Repository. They are used as alignment fields, and do not contain
any information. Consequently, they are characterized only by their format.
- If your list is empty, you directly click the Add
Filler button, if it is not, 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 list. You can modify the format and other call characteristics
in the Filler Definition section.
- Adding Segment calls
- If your list is empty, you directly click the Add
Segment button, if it is not, set your cursor where you want to
insert a Segment call line. The Element input is sequential.
- In the dialog box that opens up, you find the list of Segments
imported in your workspace. Select one of them and pressOK,
or you can create a new Segment call. To do so, click the New Segment button
and in the creation wizard that opens up, complete the input fields. When
the new Data Element call is created, it is added to the list of Segments
in the previous dialog box, select it and press OK. The new Segment call is added in the list of Element call lines.
You will have to complete the Segment call characteristics in the Segment
call section.
- Other actions in the all lines list You can change
the order the sequence of the call lines in the Segment, you can remove, copy
and paste call lines and create Set of Redefines for
all types of call lines (Data Elements, Segments, Fillers, or Groups).
- To remove Element calls from the list, select an Element to
delete and click the Remove button. A Group is removed
with all its sub- elements.
- To change the sequence order in the list, click the Element
and the either button with 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.
These choices are available via the contextual menu (right-click the selection).
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. A Set
of Redefines line is created in the -ce lines list, it contains
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 opens 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.
Once you have added Element calls or modified the Element calls in
the list, you may then complete or modify their call characteristics. It must
be done in the section dedicated to each Entity call type.
- To open a Data Element call section, click a Data
Element call in the list, you can then complete or modify the values in the
section's fields. Do not forget to click the other buttons to access more
specifications.
- To open an Undefined Data Element call section,
click a new Data Element call added in the list, you can then complete the
fields values. Do not forget to click the other buttons to access more specifications.
- To open a Segment call section, click a Segment
call in the list, you can then complete or modify the values in the section's
fields. Do not forget to click the other buttons to access more specifications.
- To open a Filler Definition section, click a filler
in the list , you can then complete the information on the selected filler.
Do not forget to click the -G Lines button to access
more specifications.
- To open a Group Definition section, click a Group
in the list , you can then complete the information on the selected group.
Do not forget to click the other buttons for more specifications.