Context menu tabs

This section describes the commands listed by right-clicking a selected file in the Work with Method area from the Elaborations tab. The context menu contains the following commands:

• Move Selected to - Moves the selected elaboration to the indicated step. A list of the existing steps is displayed.

• Add from Excluded Data Stores - Displays a list of data stores not included in the method that contain the same class specified as the output class of the selected data store. The output filter generated by the selected data store's output class becomes the input filter for those data stores. You can select one or more data stores that will be included in the step following the one of the selected elaboration. If there is no subsequent step, its creation will be automatically requested.

• Elaboration
  • Clear Selection Class - Deletes the elaboration input class.
  • Clear Output Class - Deletes the elaboration output class.
  • Clear Output and Selection Class - Modifies the input and output class.
  • Selection class / Filter properties - Displays the List of Class Elaboration window in order to choose other filter settings for the selected class.
  • Filter Settings -Sets, modifies, or displays selection filters on classes.
  • Copy Filter from - Applies the filters already defined for the same class in the method to a class included in the file. Unlike the Connect Existing Filter command, this associates the class with a copy of the filter associated with a class. Therefore, any modification to this filter will have no impact on the other classes.
  • Set/Reset Elaborated - Allows you to change the elaboration status, so you can reset the elaboration flag in order to allow a new elaboration on the same file.
    Note: This is related to the Run deletion parameter. If you run an extraction with Run deletion active, all files included in the parameter range are elaborated. If Run deletion is not active, only files having elaboration flag not set are elaborated.

  • Delete Elaborated - Deletes the elaboration of the file.

• Elaboration Properties - Displays the Elaborations Properties window containing general information on the elaboration of the file and on the method. From this window, you can modify the name of the writing program, the name of the selection program of the records for the file, and the name of the output file.
• Create New List - Verifies the existence of one or more classes that can be used as output class in the elaborated file. If the search is successful, it proposes the list of classes.
• Create New List Using Existing Filter - Displays the List of Classes and Filters assigned to the Current File window. Choose class and filter to use for this new list.
• Create Output Data Store - Writes the output data store for the selected elaboration. All elaborations have this setting by default.
• Don't Create Output Data Store - Indicator of whether to write the output data store for the selected elaboration.
• Utility - Deletes unused filters.