IBM i(AS/400)Basic Concepts and Facilities

IBM i (AS/400) Programming

IBM i (AS/400) Basic Concepts & Facilities
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1. What is an IBM i (AS/400)?

* History of AS/400
* AS/400 Architecture
* Communication Capabilities

2. The Object Based Architecture:

* Library Concepts
* Object Types and Attributes
* Library Lists
* Libraries Objects and Members

3. IBM i (AS/400) Work Management Concepts:

* Interactive and Batch Jobs
* Controlling Jobs
* Submitting and Scheduling Batch Jobs
* Understanding Subsystems
* Understanding Job Queues
* Understanding Output Queues
* Working with Printers and Output

4. The IBM i (AS/400) User Interface:

* The Menu System
* Control Language
* The Command Line Interface
* Commands and Parameters
* The Prompt Facility and the Help Facility
* Tailoring Assistance Levels
* Attn and SysReq Keys
* Messages and Message Queues
* Sending Messages
* Viewing and Responding

5. IBM i (AS/400) Security Concepts:

* Security Levels
* User Profiles
* Special Authorities
* Object Authorities
* Limit Capabilities

6. IBM i (AS/400) System Values using Program Development Mgr (PDM):

* Working with Libraries, Objects and Members
* Using PDM
* The FNDSTRPDM Command

7. Using Source Entry Utility (SEU):

* The Edit Display
* SEU Line Commands
* Find/Change Options
* Browse/Copy Options
* SEU Session Defaults

8. IBM i (AS/400) Database Concepts:

* DB2/400 Relational Database Support
* Database Capabilities
* Storage Management
* Data Description Specifications
* Creating Physical Files
* Using Field Reference Files
* Creating Logical Files
* External File Definitions
* Using Data File Utility (DFU)

9. Using Query/400:

* Defining a Query
* Selecting Reporting Options
* Defining Result Fields
* Using Expressions and Joining Files

10. DDS for Display Files Screen Design Aid (SDA):

* Creating Simple Displays
* Adding Constants and Data Fields
* Using Reference Fields
* Using Multiple Record Formats
* Overlays and Windows
* Creating Help Text
* Creating Menus

11. Report Layout Utility ( RLU):

* Creating Simple Reports
* Adding Constants and Data Fields
* Using Reference Fields
* Report Control functions
* Complex reports with breaks