Tag Notes

Tag notes can be attached to specific substrings of a report in the Report Viewing screen. For more information see "Notepad Facility" earlier in this chapter for an explanation of notes.

Tag notes are linked to rulers. A Tag note that is defined when no ruler is active is accessible only when no ruler is active. A Tag note defined when any ruler is active is accessible only when that same ruler is active.

The top line of the Report Viewing screen indicates the total number of Tag notes in the report for the current ruler (A), if any.

To define a Tag note for a substring, use the arrow keys to position the cursor on the first character of the substring to be tagged and press PF06. Then use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the last character of the substring to be tagged and press PF06 again. The Tag Note window is opened. Both general notes and tag notes can have multiple versions. For details about creating, modifying, and deleting a version of a note, see Notepad Facility.

Figure 130 Tag Note Window

--------------- CONTROL-D REPORT VIEWING   NOTES        PAGE        OF

COMMAND ===>      +---------------------NOTE PAD FACILITY--------------(TAG)-+

USR ACTG1         | EDIT       VERSION  0001     N44       08/08/00 21:56:14 |

REPORT EMPLOYEES R|                                                          |

----+----1----+--- |                                                          |

====== NEW PAGE == |                                                          |

DATE:   05.05.00  |                                                          |

UPDATE: 05.05.00  |                                                          |

                   |                                                          |

                   |                                                          |

                   |                                                          |

WAREHOUSE NO: 100 |                                                          |

               --- |                                                          |

                   |                                                          |

                   |    F3:END               F7:CLEAR             F8:DELETE   |

                   +----F5:SAVE--------------F10:PREV-------------F11:NEXT----+

ITEM NO.      DESCRIPTION          LIFE    UNIT   AVAIL      ORDER     PROCESS

-----------   ----------------     -----   ----   -------    -------   ------

1233-781-21   RIVET D. 0.1 ACP    

                                    NONE    KG      100.00    250.00

1233-781-25   RIVET D. 0.1 ACP    

                                    NONE    KG      100.00    250.00

1233-781-27   RIVET D. 0.1 ACP    

                                    NONE    KG      100.00    250.00

CMDS: FIND str (PREV), EDIT, RULER on/off/name, N n P p               21.56.07

There are two ways to open an existing Tag note: use the arrow keys to position the cursor on any column of the tagged substring and press PF06, or type GETNOTE on the command line, position the cursor on any column of the tagged substring, and press Enter. The Tag Note window is opened and the existing Tag note is displayed.

By default, tagged substrings are displayed in red. If the report line is red, the tagged substring is displayed in yellow. On monochrome terminals, the tagged substring is highlighted.

If a tagged substring has been moved as a result of subsequent ruler edits, the tag is not identified (via color or highlighting) when the Report Viewing screen is displayed and an appropriate message is issued. Pressing PF06 colors (or highlights) the tagged columns.

Note: The original substring location (that is the columns, not the substring) is actually tagged.

Even when WRAP mode is on, notes can only be attached to substrings within the first 256 characters of data on a line.