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1 .THE INFORMATION CENTER INTERFACE (TICI) Robert C. Haering, Houston Lighting & Power Company Inc. In 1982, Houston Lighting and Power Company Inc. (HL&P) did a feasibility study to evaluate the benefits that could be realized by establishing an Information Center (IC). When the study was completed it was determined that the concept of an IC would benefit the corporation and a pilot project was started. When the pilot project was completed, one of the primary end-user tools selected was SAS.- As the IC user base grew, training demands grew also and it wasn't long before the consultants in the Ie had more work than they knew what to do with. Users were making demands for formal training classes, product workshops, manuals and easier access to the IC products. In an effort to address the needs, video and computer based training was offered to the user community, and TICI was developed to access the IC products. TICI runs under an MVS/TSO environment and is comprised of approximately 30 CLIST programs and 60 ISPF Dialogue Manager panels. Through the use of menus, users can create, modify, copy, sort, and do inquiries into SAS datasets. In addition to the SAS modules, users can, via menus, route printouts to various form types and printers connected to the mainframe. Prior to the development of TICI, users had to write SAS programs to create SAS datasets and/or produce simple ad hoc type reports. New users also found it difficult to start SAS in an interactive mode and in many cases used JCL to submit SAS jobs in batch. since 1984, approximately 350 TSO users have accessed TICI, and at the present time there are 125 users accessing and using TICI on a regular basis. What is unique about the system is the fact that it actually generates JCL and SAS source code for the user, thus shortening application development time, which results in user reports being completed more quickly. The system has proven to be a productivity booster for new and experienced SAS users. This paper will present an overview of the primary features contained within TICL The first menu displayed upon entry into ISPF is the one shown below. TICI has been included as an option in this menu, and can be selected by typing in 'TICl' PRIMARY OPTION MENU SELECT OPTION ===> tici o ISPF PARMS ~ BROWSE 2 EDIT 3 UTILITIES 4 FOREGROUND 5 BATCH 6 COMMAND 7 DIALOG TEST X EXIT D F P T IN TICI DASD MGMT FILE-AID PANVALET TUTORIAL INFO/MVS IC INTERFACE An ISPF table file is used to record information relating to each user. Upon entry into TICI, this table is checked to see if the current logon id is in the table, and if it is not the user is prompted for name, department and other information that would be required for submitting batch jobs, and then added to the table. The TICI primary option menu is then displayed. TICI PRIMARY OPTION MENU SELECT OPTION ===> SA SI INQ FSP FSCALC A A2 G P N M J SAS CLIST SAS INTERACTIVE SAS INQUIRY (REPORT WRITER) SAS/FULL SCREEN PRODUCT SAS/FSCALC (SPREADSHEET) APL (WITH APL KEYBOARD) APL (WITHOUT APL KEYBOARD PGF GRAPHICS SET PARAMETERS FOR JOBCARD TICI NEWS TICI MAIL TICI JCL/PRINT PROGRAMS A brief description of each option follows: SA Used for executing SAS programs. User is prompted for name of dataset where SAS program is, dataset names of required files and SAS options. the program is executed on-line. Program edit and output print menu included. 1417

2 SI Used to execute SAS from the? prompt. This is a line by line execution. SAS code must be entered each time, and is not saved. This option is seldomly used. INQ Used for ad hoc inquiries into SAS datasets. Provides two input screens for user entry. Allows user to specify a SAS dataset, sort and selection options, headings etc., and creates a SAS program that optionally can be executed. Program edit and output print menu included. FSP Used for dataset management and access to SAS/FSP. Provides options to sort, backup and list SAS dataset contents. Also provides menu for executing SAS/FSP. Primary purpose of this option, however, is to provide a means for users to create and maintain SAS data sets by allowing maintenance to field definitions. FSCALC'" Used for accessing the FSCALC procedure. Prompts for dataset names and executes FSCALC. A Used for invoking APL and is used primarily by APL programmers that write/debug APL code. A2 Used for invoking APL for users that do not have an APL keyboard. Mostly used for running existing APL applications. M Used to send TSO messages. Prompts for up to 4 logon-ids and several lines of text. constructs SEND commands and sends TSO messages. J Used for building print JCL. Allows user to select an input dataset and various form types and writes executable JCL. Optionally will submit batch jobs, routing desired dataset to high speed printer using specified form types. All menu selections provide descriptive I HELP' panels, in addition to example screens that are already filled in. With a minimal amount of instruction, most users are ready to use the panels after minutes of explanation. Examples of "SAil, IIF5pll, "INQfI and tljfi are included in this paper. Some of the examples will include user keyed-in input to help explain the menu. The convention used in the examples is that all user keyed-in input will be shown in lowercase letters. For further information on TICI, contact R. Hoering at: Houston Lighting & Power company Inc. P.O. Box 1700 Houston, Texas Attn: Robert C. Hoering Office # 833 (713) x-2229 G Used for running IBMls Interactive Chart utility. Users are prompted for ADMCFORM/ADMCDATA dataset names and a call statement is used to execute lcu. '" P Used for prompting for information that is required by batch jobs, in the event the user wishes to submit batch jobs. Information such as name, account number, bin number etc. are prompted for and stored for future use. N Used for news items that might be of interest to TICI users. Updated periodically to include significant events. Trademarks: SAS, SAS/FSP t FSCALC are the registered trademarks of SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation, Whi~e Plains, NY., USA. 1418

3 ... -1>0... CD EXECUTE SAS SAS PROGRAM PROJECT ===> toooooo LIBRARY ===> sas TYPE ===> cntl => MEMBER ===> prog1 => OTHER PDS OR SEQUENTIAL DATASET NAME ===> INFILE NAMES/ OUTFILE NAMES FILE ===> employee FILE ===> wagetabl FILE ===> depttabl FILE ===> mngrtabl IF PROGRAM USES PROC OPTIONS SASLOG: (DISPLAY OR FILE) ==> (D/F) SASOPTIONS: => macro,nocenter DISPOSITION (S/M/N/O) DATASET NAMES DSN ===> employee.master DSN ===> wagetab.data DSN ===> dpartmnt.master DSN ===> manager.roaster.file FORMAT, INCLUDE A SASLIB IN YOUR INFILE/OUTFILE NAMES (P)ROCESS NOW, (E)DIT PROGRAM, (M)ORE FILES ==> m (P/E/M) PRESS HELP, RETURN, OR ENTER EXECUTE SAS INFILE NAMES/ OUTFILE NAMES DATASET NAMES FILE ===> employee DSN ===> employee.master FILE ===> wagetabl DSN ===> wagetab.data FILE ===> depttabl DSN ===> dpartmnt.master FILE ===> mngrtabl DSN ===> manager.roaster.file FILE ===> extractl DSN ===> output. extract FILE ====> DSN ===> (P)ROCESS NOW, (E)DIT PROGRAM ==> P (P/E) PRESS HELP, RETURN, OR ENTER DISPOSITION (S/M/N/O) n The "SA" option displays the menu to the left. Provisions are included for keying in the dataset where your SAS program is located, the LOG file destination, 3 lines for SAS options, and up to 4 filename references. The user may either run The SAS program, edit the SAS program before running or specify 'M' to key in additional file names. Help panels are included. The optional second menu from "SAil provides space for the user to key in up to 10 file names. In the example shown, there are 4 input files and 1 output file. Help panels are included.

4 SAS INQUIRY FACILITY (SCREEN 1 OF 2) DATASET SECTION --- ENTRY REQUIRED --- ENTER THE SAS (TSO) DATASET NAME AND CORRESPONDING SAS FILE NAME SAS DATASET ==> sugi.data SAS FILE ==> example1 SORTING SECTION --- ENTRY NOT REQUIRED -_. SORT BY ==> name date1 HEADING SECTION --- ENTRY NOT REQUIRED -- H1 => report of expense items that H2 => have exceeded 1000 dollars H3 => H4 => PRESS ENTER FOR SCREEN 2, HELPKEY FOR HELP, OR RETURN TO EXIT The "INQ" option displays two screens, this is the first. The DATASET section is for entering the name of the dataset. The SORTING section is optional and is used for specifying the variables the report should be sorted by. The HEADING section is optional and is used for entering up to 4 lines of report headings. Help panels are included. Pressing ENTER results in the display of INQ screen 2 of I>l\) o SAS INQUIRY FACILITY (SCREEN 2 OF 2) PRESELECT SECTION (OPTIONAL) OTHER OPTIONS SECTION (OPTIONAL) FIRST OBS ==> SASLOG (DISPLAY OR FILE) ==> (D/F) NUMBER OF OBS ==> OPTIONAL LOGIC SECTION L1 => if expense gt 1000; L2 => L3 => L4 => L5 => L6 => L7 => La => L9 => L10 => SASOPTIONS => => => PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE, HELPKEY FOR HELP, OR RETURN TO EXIT This is the second screen of the ninq",option. The PRESELECT section is optional and is used for limiting observations. The OTHER OPTIONS section is also optional and is for LOG file destination, and includes a provision for SAS options. The OPTIONAL LOGIC section is optional and allows the user to key in actual SAS code. Pressing ENTER on this screen causes a SAS program.to be written based on the information on the screens. The SAS program can then be executed. Help panels are included.

5 The "FSP" option brings up the menu shown below. option Ie' is used for creating SAS datsets. An example of this option is on the next page. Option 'E' is used for executing SAS/FSP. The user is prompted for dataset name and screen dataset name and SAS/FSP is executed. The 'U' option appears almost identical to the 'C' option, however, it allows field name deletions. It is used for adding, deleting and modifying field sizes. The'S' option is used for sorting SAS data sets and writing them back to the original dataset. The 'B' option provides a backup capability and will make a copy of an entire SAS dataset. The 'L' option executes a PROC CONTENTS. Help panels are provided. SELECT OPTION ===> DATASET MANAGEMENT / FSP INTERFACE C E U S B L CREATE SAS DATASET EXECUTE FSP UPDATE SAS DATASET (ADD/DELETE/CHANGE VARIABLE LENGTHS) SORT SAS DATA BACKUP (COPY) SAS DATASET LIST SAS DATASET CONTENTS PRESS HELP KEY FOR HELP MENU, OR SELECT DESIRED OPTION... ~... The n'fsp" 'e' option is used for creating SAS data sets. Menu includes space for entering the dataset name, SAS file name and disk space requirement. 15 lines are displayed for keying in field names, informat and output formats. The 'V' portion is for the variable name. The 'I' portion is for the input format (e.g. 6.2 for numeric with 2 decimals), and the '0' portion is for optional output formats. Pressing the ENTER key results in a SAS dataset being created according to the entries containted in the menu. Complete help panels are included CREATE SAS/FSP DATASET ENTER THE SAS (TSO) DATASET NAME AND THE CORRESPONDING SAS FILE NAME SAS DATASET ==> sugi.data SAS FILE ==> example1 NUMBER OF TRACKS REQUIRED ==> 10 (EACH HOLDS APPROX CHARACTERS) VARIABLE NAME INFORMAT OUTFORMAT (OPTIONAL) V1 => Id 11 => => Z5. V2 => Name 12 => $ => V3 => Date1 13 => mmddyy6. 03 => mmddyy8. V4 => Expense1 14 => => dollar6.2 V5 => Misc1 IS => $ => V6 => 16 => 06 => V15 => 115 => 015 => PRESS HELP KEY FOR HELP MENU, PRESS ENTER TO CREATE FILE The menu on the left would create and execute following SAS program: DATA OUT.EXAMPLE1; INPUT ID 5. NAME $25. DATE1 MMDDYY6. EXPENSE1 6.2 MISC1 $10.; INFORMAT DATE1 MMDDYY6.; FORMAT ID Z5. DATE1 MMDDYY8. EXPENSEl DOLLAR6.2; CARDS;

6 ===================PRINT JCL CREATION AND EXECUTION MENU======================= CREATE INITIAL JCL DATASET (TICIJCL.CNTL) ===> n (Y/N) ENTER 'Y' NEXT TO JCL YOU WANT COPIES OF STANDARD PRINT JCL ROTATE-90 JCL MISC JCL NARROW WHITE ===> n SMALL ===> n SASJOB EXAMPLE ===> WIDE WHITE ===> n MEDIUM ===> n IBM3800 EXAMPLE ===> MEMO FORM ===> Y LARGE ===> n LETTERHEAD ===> y PRINT CONTROL: BURST ===> n (Y/N) DATASET YOU WANT TO PRINT PROJECT ===> toooooo LIBRARY ===> company TYPE ===> data MEMBER ===> letr1 SUBMIT PRINT JOBS AFTER JCL IS CREATED ==> Y NO COPIES ===> 001 JOBCARD INFORMATION ACCTNO ==> 12345x BINNO ==> b001 NAME ==> r.hoerinq (Y/N) PRESS RETURN KEY TO EXECUTE, HELPKEY FOR TUTORIAL n n The IIJII option will display the menu on the left. Pressing ENTER if the menu was completed as shown would result in the dataset: COMPANY. DATA (LETR1) being printed on company letter head and memo form.. The JCL created and submitted conforms to HL&P form numhers. The IBM3800 Example prints a sample that can be used to learn how to mix character fonts on a single page. Help panels are included. ~... I\) I\) SELECT OPTION ===> SAS PROGRAM EDIT AND PRINT BROWSE/EDIT: (R)EPORT, (L)OG OR (P)ROGRAM ==> 2 EDIT (AND RUN) PROGRAM (DELETE PREVIOUS OUTPUT REPORT) 3 EDIT (AND RUN) PROGRAM (ADD TO PREVIOUS OUTPUT REPORT) 4 PRINT ON LOCAL PRINTER PRINTER NUMBER ==> NUMBER COPIES ==> (R)EPORT, (P)ROGRAM, (L)OG, (A)LL ==> PRESS HELPKEY FOR HELP, RETURN TO EXIT (R/L/P) (PRINTER NUMBER) (COPIES 1-9) (R/P/L/A) This menu is displayed at different times. It allows the user to browse the output report or log, or edit the SAS program without running it. It also provides an Edit/Run option to either erase the prior output or concatenate the new output to the end of the prior output. Local printer support is included. Help panels are included.

A Guided Tour Through the SAS Windowing Environment Casey Cantrell, Clarion Consulting, Los Angeles, CA

A Guided Tour Through the SAS Windowing Environment Casey Cantrell, Clarion Consulting, Los Angeles, CA ABSTRACT The SAS system running in the Microsoft Windows environment contains a multitude of tools