Using the Application Overview

The Application Overview provides a graphical outline of your control file. This feature makes editing your control file much easier. You can locate a tag group in a large file in seconds. You can also use the Application Overview to get a quick summary of the control file.

Note: The Application Overview is not available for rule files.

To display the Application Overview window, click View > Overview . The following window appears.

The Application Overview is divided into these sections:

  • General Setup and Data: Displays the Environment and Table tag groups.
  • Input Streams: Displays the Input tag groups.
  • Banners and Inserts: Displays the Banner, Insertrec, and Insertpage tag groups.
  • Processes: Displays Add, CASS, Sortmatch, and Rule tag groups.
  • Output Streams: Displays the Output tag groups.

When you click an icon in the Application Overview, your cursor automatically jumps to that tag group in the control file.

You can also right-click on an icon to display a shortcut menu.

  • Click Find to move the cursor to the icon's tag group in the control file.
  • Click Highlight to select the entire tag group.