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Information Access Server: Learning the Administrator Utility

In Review 

Review the material in Lesson 2 by answering the following questions.

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Q-1.  What are the five stages of implementation?

A-1. 

1. Installing Access Server (and securing the Administrator
Utility)
2. Learning the Administrator Utility
3. Planning Your Configuration
4. Adjusting the Data Dictionary
5. Configuring Access Server

(Lesson 2:A)

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Q-2.  What is the objective of the Planning Your Configuration stage of
implementation?

A-2.  To determine the data needs of the PC users who would benefit from
Access Server, the source of that data, and what you need to do to
configure that data.  (Lesson 2:B)

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Q-3.  What is the recommended sequence for configuring information using
the Administrator Utility?

A-3. 

1. Configure remote systems
2. Configure data sources
3. Configure tables
4. Configure access groups
5. Configure users
6. Configure data security
   (Lesson 2:C)

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Q-4.  What does the UDC command DISABLEAC do?

A-4.  DISABLEAC makes Access Server unavailable to new users and logs off
currently active users.  (Lesson 2:D)

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Q-5.  What are the two ways of moving about in the Administrator Utility?

A-5. 

1. Using function labels
2. Using Go to screen fields
   (Lesson 2:E and 2:F)

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Q-6.  What are the three kinds of tables you can configure within Access
Server?

A-6. 

1. IMAGE tables
2. File tables
3. View tables
   (Lesson 2:F and 2:G)

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Q-7.  What types of IMAGE data require conversion and what are the
conversion options?

A-7.  Three types of IMAGE data require conversion:

1. Zoned decimal
2. Packed decimal
3. 4-word integer

You can specify for these data types the number of digits to the right of
the decimal point, and conversion to a real number (R) or to a character
string (C). (Lesson 2:F) The default for zoned is C. The default for
packed is R. The default for 4-word integers (I4 and J4) is R. The
default for 2-word integers (I1 or I2) is a blank.  (Only I4 and J4 need
conversion.)

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Q-8.  How do you display a list of all short screen names for use in the
Go to screen field?

A-8.  Type ?  in the Go to screen field and press Enter.  (Lesson 2:F)

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