VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

Managing Reports
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Modifying a Report Record
To modify a report record, locate the record you want. Use the Find function to retrieve a record.
Use the F2 and F3 function keys to display next and previous records. When the right record is
displayed, enter your changes. Then enter the letter M in the Function field, and press Enter.
Deleting a Report Record
To delete a report record, find the report and enter the letter D in the Function field. To find a
report, use the Find function or F2 and F3 to read the next and previous report records. When the
right report record is displayed, enter the letter D in the Function field, and press Enter.
Defining Report Windows
Default report windows can be defined to automatically divide a report into sections or windows
when a report is viewed. VISTA also lets you remove windows. Report windows let you view
different sections of a report on one screen. This makes it easier to view wide reports (greater than
80 columns) on 80 column terminals.
Note. This functionality is not available on the Windows client.
A report can be divided into five sections. To define report windows, position the cursor on the
Data Column field. Input the starting column of the report to be displayed in the first window.
Place the cursor on the Length field, and enter the number of columns in the window. Place the
cursor on the Screen Column field and enter the column on which the window will start. Do the
same to define the other windows. The Screen Column for the first window should always be zero.
This makes the data align with the left margin on a terminal screen. The following is an example of
a report with three windows.
*************** Report Security ************** ****** Report Windows ******
Session,User.Account Read Delete Print Data Col Length Screen Col
[@,mgr.planb ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [000] [020] [00]
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [070] [030] [21]
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [104] [028] [52]
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
In the example above, the second Screen Column field value equals the sum of the previous report
window length (20) plus the previous Screen Column (00) plus one (SC=20+0+1=21). The same is
true for subsequent Screen Column values (52=30+21+1). This is necessary for horizontal
scrolling to work correctly.