Optionally, click
on the IMS Database Editor toolbar to move to the start of the database.
On the toolbar, click
until you are positioned on the parent segment for which you want to add a child occurrence.
In the tree view, expand the parent segment type.
Click the segment type that appears directly below the parent segment type.
From the IMS Database Editor menu, click
Edit > IMS DB Editor > Initialize Segment to initialize the segment. When you do this, you can optionally choose a different segment layout than the current layout.
Edit the key field to make it unique.
Edit other fields as required.
When you have completed all required editing, click
to issue an ISRT DL/I call.
Your current position in the database moves to the new segment occurrence.
Note:
If you have the
Update warning option checked, click
Yes to enable data updates. See
To configure edit warnings for more information.
You cannot add a new segment occurrence while the Browse window is open.
Before clicking
, you can cancel the insert at any time by clicking
Edit > IMS DB Editor > Undo Segment Edit.