System Hierarchy Creation

The System Hierarchy functions enables the administrator to create the administrative elements of the Design system. The administrative elements are the elements that represent a hierarchical filing system. An administrative element can be created only at one level lower than an existing administrative element, which will then own it.

The System elements are stored in the design database (Design WORL*) under a world element of type System Group World (SYGPWL). Each System Group World can contain a number of System Group Area elements (SYGPAR), which in turn contain System elements (SYSGRP). The SYSGRP element can contain child SYSGRP elements, representing subsystems.

Note:
The term SYSGRP (System Group) is used to represent a System element, since SYSTEM is used elsewhere.

From the Design main menu, select Create > System Hierarchy. The following window is displayed:

When an item is selected in the explorer window on the left, the right side of the window displays information on the members of the current selection.

Right-clicking on an element, provides a context menu; the options depend on the hierarchy level of the element. For example, in the figure above, right-clicking the SYGPWL Process System element provides the options of creating a System Group Area element beneath SYGPWL Process System, or deleting that element.