Working with Management Rules

The list only displays the management rules which are visible in the current application area, i.e. all the environment's public management rules and all the application area's private management rules.

Click here for further information about management rules.

Lists

Management rules

List of management rules of the repository.

The sort sequence can be defined by clicking the column headers of the list.

A filter located above the list can be used to limit the management rules displayed.

Extended-selection list.

With correction environments, there may be a check mark in front of each management rule name.

A red check mark shows that the management rule is being held by the default correction.
A black check mark shows that the management rule is being held by a correction other than the default correction.

Context-sensitive menu / Buttons

The following options are accessible via the context-sensitive menu or via buttons, depending on wether the dialog box is opened via the CDM's repository, the 4GL Editor, or the Object manager.
If the dialog box is opened via the Object manager, the buttons present in the window will depend on the settings in the Create/Modify a software engineer dialog box's Preferences tab.

Create

This option opens a dialog box which is used to create a management rule.

Modify

This option opens a dialog box which is used to display or modify the general characteristics of the selected management rule.

This option is not active when no management rule is selected in the list.

Copy

This option opens a dialog box which is used to copy a management rule of the current application area.

This option is not active when no management rule is selected in the list.

Delete

This option opens a message box which is used to confirm the final deletion of the selected management rules.

When the deletion is validated, the list of management rules is updated accordingly.

This option is not active when no management rule is selected in the list.

Print

This option prints the description of the selected management rules.

The printing job is submitted to the Job manager.

This option is not active when no management rule is selected in the list.

Real use

This option opens a dialog box displaying all the programs which actually use the management rule.

This option is not active when no management rule is selected in the list.

Potential use

This option opens a dialog box displaying all the programs which may potentially use a management rule.

This option is not active when no management rule is selected in the list.

Objects

This option opens a dialog box displaying all the objects to which the management rule is assigned.

This option is not active when no management rule is selected in the list.

Sublist

This option opens a dialog box which is used to modify the management rules' selection criteria and, as a result, the current list.

Initially, all the management rules are by default displayed in the list. This option is used to restrict the contents of the repository's management rules list by reinitializing it with new criteria.

Hold

This option opens a dialog box enabling the selected management rules to be held by the default correction.

This option is only visible in correction environments.

It is only active when one or more management rules are selected in the list and the user has a default correction.

The two following buttons are only visible if the dialog box is opened via the CDM or via the 4GL editor.

Enter

This button closes the dialog box.

Keyboard shortcut: Esc.

Print list

This button prints the list of the repository's management rules.

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