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How the Tutorial is Structured
The tutorial consists of four separate lessons. Please do them in order.
LESSON 1 (Chapter 2) Gets you started with BRW--includes logging in and
leaving.
LESSON 2 (Chapter 3) Takes you step-by-step through the creation and
running of a report (Report 1).
LESSON 3 (Chapter 4) Builds on the knowledge gained in the first lesson
to produce a more complex report (Report 2).
LESSON 4 (Chapter 5) is more advanced still and builds on the second and
third lessons. This lesson discusses how to get
better performance out of your reports. You create
a new report using keyed access (Report 3).
Each lesson begins with a description of your task, and a summary of the
topics covered in that lesson.
Quizzes
Each lesson includes short quizzes. Please complete these quizzes to
ensure that you have understood the preceding section. If you cannot
answer a question, go back through the preceding section and try to find
the answer. If you still do not know how to answer the question, turn to
Appendix A. If you think you do know the answer, turn to Appendix A
anyway to make sure you are correct.
Time Needed
Each lesson is split into exercises, and estimates of the time needed to
complete each exercise are supplied at the start of each exercise.
The Tutorial and the Reference Manual
The HP ALLBASE/BRW Reference Manual covers all parts of a complex and
powerful product. This tutorial provides an introduction and overview of
the whole product. Unlike the reference manual, the tutorial does not
describe every feature of BRW, however, it shows you how to create,
compile, and run reports. If you want to know more about a feature of
BRW, please refer to the HP ALLBASE/BRW Reference Manual, where the
feature is fully described.
BRW Training Course
You can use this tutorial to acquaint yourself with BRW before you take
the BRW Customer Training Course. After the course, you can refer back
to the tutorial to refresh your memory. See your Hewlett-Packard
representative for details about the various levels of BRW customer
training. This tutorial is not a substitute for the BRW Customer
Training Course.
Where is the Tutorial Data Located?
Ask your system manager or system administrator from which account to run
the tutorial, or see Appendix A. The tutorial documentation assumes that
you will run the tutorial in account ITF3000, but your system manager may
alter that. The account contains the TOYDB database and example
solutions, and has groups for the files you create. You can use the
group BRWSPEC for holding BRW specification files, group BRWEXEC for the
(compiled) execution files, and group BRWONLNE for the report print
files.
In Case of Difficulty
If you have difficulties, for example if you cannot make your Page
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screen and repeat the exercise again. If you become completely lost, you
can always leave BRW, delete your specification file, and try again from
the beginning of the lesson. The example solutions for each lesson are
in the account in which you run the tutorial. The specification file
solutions are held in group BRWSPEC, execution file solutions are held in
group BRWEXEC, and print file solutions are held in group BRWONLNE. For
example, the specification file solution for the second report is
SOLUTN2.BRWSPEC.