Defining Field Groups

Preassigning Field Groups

If you made the entries in the dialog box Title and Database, then the field groups are prepared.

If the InfoSet is created using an individual table or a table join, a dialog box appears in which you can select which fields are to be assigned to the field groups.

If the InfoSet is created using a logical database then the following applies:

Where the logical database contains a maximum of four nodes, exactly one field group is created for each node. If the logical database contains more than four nodes then you can specify in a dialog box, for which nodes a field group is to be prepared. The structure tree for the logical database is also displayed in a dialog box. Here you can use checkboxes to select each node for which a field group is to be provided.

The field groups contain the same long texts as the corresponding nodes. They are empty, meaning that no fields have been assigned to them.

You can change the predefined and perhaps preassigned field groups in any way you like. You can change long texts. You can delete field groups or take them up afresh. You are recommended, however, to use and keep the preset 1:1 relationship between field groups and tables, or nodes.

For an InfoSet with a data retrieval program, a field group is created with all fields of the data structure.

Creating a New Field Group

To create a field group, proceed as follows:

1. Choose the symbol Create from the function toolbar (or Edit  Field Group  Create Field Group). A window appears where you can define single or multiple new field groups.

2. Enter an abbreviation and a long text for each field group.

   The abbreviation for a field group can consist of any character that you want. The abbreviation only serves a technical purpose within an InfoSet when fields are being assigned to field groups.

3. Choose Continue.