Scrolling to see data

Most of the time, the Browse database panel is not large enough to display all of the data. To view data not currently displayed, you can scroll the data.

To scroll through your data, use the following function keys:

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Up function key (F7): Scroll backward (up)
Down function key (F8): Scroll forward (down)
Left function key (F10): Scroll left
Right function key (F11): Scroll right

The F10 and F11 function keys operate a differently in SNGL display format:

Previous function key (F10): Go to the previous segment
Next function key (F11): Go to the next segment

You can also scroll using the primary commands UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, NEXT and PREVIOUS.

In SNGL display format, there are two ways to move forward n segments:

Enter NEXT n on the command line.
Enter n on the command line and press Next function key (F11).

Note: If you specify a number of segments greater than the number of subsequent segments, FM/IMS displays the **** End of data **** indicator. You can then press the Previous function key (F10) to view the last selected segment.

In SNGL display format, there are two ways to move back n segments:

Enter PREVIOUS n on the command line.
Enter n on the command line and press the Previous function key (F10).

Note: If you specify a number of segments greater than the number of prior segments, the first selected segment is displayed.

Examples

LEFT 8: Scrolls 8 columns to the left.
LEFT: Scrolls left the number of columns indicated by the Scroll field.
LEFT CSR: If the cursor is positioned on a segment, scrolls left to the cursor position; otherwise scrolls left one page.