Using Indexes for Report Retrieval

The User Reports facility provides online screens that enable the user to perform the following functions:

• Identify the report from which pages should be retrieved
  • User Report list
    Facilitates using all the available functions provided by the User Reports facility.
  • Quick Access Report list
    Facilitates using the Quick Access Method (described below) for report retrieval.

    Note: An index name and index values can be used as report selection criteria.

• Identify the indexes to be used for retrieval
  • User Reports entry panel
    Provides a field for a main index name.
  • Index window
    Lists main indexes that have been defined for a report.
  • Subindex window
    Lists subindexes that exist for any specified value in a higher level index.
  • Quick Access panel
    Displays a complete index path.
• Specify a value for the selected indexes
  • User Reports entry panel
    Provides fields for a main index and its value.
  • Values of Index panel
    Displays an alphabetized list of available values.
  • Quick Access panel
    Provides a value field for each index in an index path.
• Specify viewing or immediate printing for the selected report pages
  • User Report list
    Provides options for viewing or printing.
  • Values of Index panel
    Provides options for viewing or printing (if accessed via an Index or Subindex window).
  • Quick Access panels
    Provides commands for viewing or printing.

The following diagram shows how these online screens are used to retrieve report pages. A description of the diagram follows.