Tutorial: IMS Database Editor

Guides you through several features of the IMS Database Editor, including browsing the database; adding, modifying, and deleting a record; searching the database; adding and finding a segment bookmark; and setting up an SSA.

Prerequisites

  • Review the Before you begin these tutorials section in the Tutorials: IMS topic to ensure your environment is set up properly.
  • This tutorial builds on Tutorial: IMS Support and Tutorial: IMS Segment Layout Editor. If you have already completed these, nothing further is required. However, if you have not completed Tutorial: IMS Support, complete all steps included in the Set Up the IMSSupport Project topic, and all steps in the Load the IMS database section of the Configure IMS topic before proceeding to Tutorial: IMS Segment Layout Editor.

Assumption

This tutorial assumes that you have the IMSSupport project open in Visual Studio.

Sequence

To complete this tutorial, progress through these topics in the order presented here. The bottom of each topic provides Next topic and Previous topic navigational links to help you proceed in the proper sequence:

  1. IMS Database Editor Basics
    Introduces you to the main window in the IMS Database Editor, and takes you through the processes of browsing segment occurrences in the IMS database.
  2. Add the DEMOHDRS Twin Segment Occurrence
    Walks you through the process of adding a second occurrence of the same segment type.
  3. Delete a DEMOELES Segment Occurrence
    Walks you through the process of using the IMS Database Editor to delete a segment occurrence from the IMS database.
  4. Search and Bookmark the Database
    Provides instructions for using the IMS Database Editor to locate a search string in an IMS database, and to add and find a bookmark.
  5. Set up a Segment Search Argument (SSA) for DEMOHDRS
    Guides you through the process of defining an unqualified SSA, getting the next segment, and then removing the SSA.
Parent topic: Tutorials: IMS
Previous topic: Tutorial: IMS Segment Layout Editor
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Tutorials: IMS
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