NetBatch-Plus Reference Manual

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Functions
Category
Use the fields in the Category column to enter the names of categories whose dates
you want to add, delete, or update. For information about the make-up of the name,
see the preceding description of the Category field.
Date
Use the fields in the Date column to specify the dates you want to add, delete, or
update. The days corresponding to dates displayed by the NetBatch-Plus application
appear on the right of the field. You can enter the date in any form listed in the
preceding Start field description.
Functions
These functions are available on the Calendar screen:
A Adds the date in the Date column to the category named in the Category column. The
NetBatch-Plus application creates the category if it does not exist.
Use this option when you want to add dates to existing categories or create new
categories containing dates occurring at irregular intervals. For example, you could
create a category containing the birth dates of all employees of your company.
D Deletes the date in the Date column from the category named in the Category column.
U Updates the date in the Date column
Function Description
F1–Read Lists, in date order, the dates in the specified category and date range. If
you press F1 when the Category field is blank, the NetBatch-Plus
application lists the dates in all categories. If the Start field is blank, F1
lists all dates from the current date. If the End field is blank, F1 lists all
dates in the category from the date in the Start field.
F2–Next Continues the listing of dates in the specified category and date range.
F4–Generate Calculates, for the specified date range, the dates occurring at the interval
shown in the Freq field. After calculating the dates, the NetBatch-Plus
application adds them to the category named in the Category field:
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If the category does not exist, the application creates it before adding
the dates.
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If the category exists, the application combines the dates with any
dates already in that category. This feature lets you perform the F4–
Generate function a number of times in succession to create a
category containing dates generated by different frequency options.
Table 6-2
on page 6-28 illustrates this feature by showing the field
values necessary to generate a category containing all weekday
dates in a year. To generate this category, you perform the function
five times in succession, each time with a different frequency option.
* Function is available on screen, but not displayed,