NOFILE ENQUIRY

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 INTRODUCTION
 Often ‘Enquiries’ need to read, take and sort data from
more than one file.

 Only one Filename can be given in the ‘Enquiry’

application.

 Such requirements can be met by attaching ‘subroutines’

that pass the required sorted information to the ‘Enquiry’
(NOFILE Enquiry does this)

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 WORKING OF THE ENQUIRY
SUBSYSTEM

Flow of Enquiry
 Extract the File Name from the Enquiry Application
– Note that it is a single value field. Therefore only
one file name can be entered.

 Refers Standard Selection of the File and Picks up

the ID field

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WORKING OF THE ENQUIRY SUBSYSTEM

 Reads FILE.CONTROL for the file to check the file

types. The only exception is SS record that starts
with NOFILE executes the fixed, dynamic selection,
forms the ID list, sends it to the enquiry and
displays data field by field.

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 NOFILE ENQUIRY

 No file Enquiry that will allow us to pick up data from

multiple files.

 This can be achieved by writing a Subroutine that will

pick up the necessary data and pass it on to the Enquiry
subsystem for processing.

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 NOFILE ENQUIRY ROUTINE

 Must have one parameter

 Used to return the set of data to enquiry

Eg.
SUBROUTINE NOFILE.ENQ.WS(Y.RETURN)

 Process various files

 Y.RETURN holds return data
Y.RETURN<-1>=Y.ID:”*”:Y.AMT:”*”:Y.CUST
RETURN
END

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 Example 1

Create a report in the following format

Customer Id Total Credit Balance
xxxxx xxxxxx
xxxxx xxxxxx
xxxxx xxxxxx

Total Credit Balance = Total of credit balances of all the accounts

of a customer + Total of all LD deposits +
Total of all MM deposits

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 CUSTOMER.ACCOUNT

Concat file
Id is the Customer Id
Contains a list of all accounts pertaining to a Customer
In a Concat file, multi values are delimited with a ‘Field
Marker’

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 LMM.CUSTOMER

 Concat file
 Id is the Customer Id
 Contains a list of all LD and MM contract ids of a particular
Customer
 In a Concat file, multi values are delimited with a ‘Field
Marker’

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 STEPS TO CREATE NOFILE ENQUIRY

STEP 1
Write routine that displays the customer id and their credit
balances.
Enquiry name should be prefixed with ‘E’
Example: E.CUS.CREDIT.BAL

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 Solution 1 - Algorithm

 Pick up all the Customer ids from the

CUSTOMER.ACCOUNT file.
 For each Customer, extract the record from the
CUSTOMER.ACCOUNT file as it contains all the account
numbers of that Customer.
 For each Accounts, extract the corresponding record from the
ACCOUNT file.
 Extract the Working Balance of the Account provided it is not
equal to 0.
 Do the above for all the Accounts of that Customer.

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 Solution 1 - Algorithm

 For the Customer extracted, extract the corresponding record

from the LMM.CUSTOMER file as it contains the list of all LD
and MM contract ids of that Customer.
 For each of the LD and MM id, extract the corresponding record
from the LD and the MM file.
 Check if the Category is in the range 21001 to 21039 (Category
for deposits).
 If the Category is in the specified range, extract the amounts.

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 Solution 1 - Algorithm

 Do the above for all the LD and MM contract ids.

 Before extracting the next Customer id, total of all the account
balance, the LD balance and the MM balance should be
calculated.
 Store the total in an array appended with the Customer id,
delimited with a ‘*’

 CustomerID*AmountFMCustomerID*AmountFM
CustomerID*Amount

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 Solution 1
SUBROUTINE NOFILE.ENQ.WS12 (Y.RETURN)
$INSERT I_COMMON The dynamic array
$INSERT I_EQUATE
that contains the data
to be displayed in the
$INSERT I_F.ACCOUNT Enquiry. This is a
$INSERT I_F.CUSTOMER.ACCOUNT mandatory return
parameter in a Nofile
$INSERT I_F.MM.MONEY.MARKET
enquiry subroutine
$INSERT I_F.LD.LOANS.AND.DEPOSITS
GOSUB INIT
GOSUB OPENFILES
GOSUB PROCESS
RETURN

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 Solution 1
INIT:
FN.CUS.ACC = ‘FBNK.CUSTOMER.ACCOUNT’ ; F.CUS.ACC = ‘’
FN.ACC = ‘FBNK.ACCOUNT’ ; F.ACC = ‘’
FN.LD = ‘FBNK.LD.LOANS.AND.DEPOSITS’ ; F.LD = ‘’
FN.MM = ‘FBNK.MM.MONEY.MARKET’ ; F.MM = ‘’
FN.LMM.CUS = ‘FBNK.LMM.CUSTOMER’ ; F.LMM.CUS = ‘’
Y.CUS.ID = ‘’ ; Y.ACC.ID = ‘’
Y.LD.ID = ‘’ ; Y.MM.ID = ‘’
R.CUS.ACC.REC = ‘’ ; R.ACC.REC = ‘’
R.LD.REC = ‘’ ; R.MM.REC = ‘’
CUS.ERR = 0 ; ACC.ERR = 0
LD.ERR = 0 ; MM.ERR = 0
RETURN

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 Solution 1

OPENFILES:
CALL OPF(FN.CUS.ACC,F.CUS.ACC)
CALL OPF(FN.ACC,F.ACC)
CALL OPF(FN.LD,F.LD)
CALL OPF(FN.MM,F.MM)
CALL OPF(FN.LMM.CUS,F.LMM.CUS)
RETURN
 

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 Solution 1

PROCESS:
SEL.CMD = “SELECT “:FN.CUS.ACC
CALL EB.READLIST(SEL.CMD,SEL.LIST,’’,NO.OF.REC,RET.CODE)
LOOP
REMOVE Y.CUS.ID FROM SEL.LIST SETTING CUS.ACC.POS
WHILE Y.CUS.ID:CUS.ACC.POS
CALL
F.READ(FN.CUS.ACC,Y.CUS.ID,R.CUS.ACC.REC,F.CUS.ACC,CUS.ACC.ERR)

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 Solution 1
LOOP
REMOVE Y.ACC.ID FROM R.CUS.ACC.REC SETTING AC.POS
WHILE Y.ACC.ID:ACC.POS
GOSUB ACC.PROCESS
Y.ACC.ID = ‘’
R.CUS.ACC.REC = ‘’
ACC.POS = ‘’
REPEAT
CALL
F.READ(FN.LMM.CUS,Y.CUS.ID,R.LMM.REC,F.LMM.CUS,LMM.ERR)

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 Solution 1
LOOP
REMOVE Y.LMM.ID FROM R.LMM.REC SETTING LMM.POS2
WHILE Y.LMM.ID:LMM.POS2
IF LEFT(Y.LMM.ID,2) = “LD” THEN
GOSUB LD.PROCESS
END
ELSE
GOSUB MM.PROCESS
END
Y.LMM.ID = ‘’
LMM.POS2 = ‘’
REPEAT

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 Solution 1
Y.TOTAL.BALANCE = Y.WORKING.BALANCE + Y.LD.AMOUNT + Y.MM.AMOUNT
Y.RETURN<-1> = Y.CUS.ID:’*’:Y.TOTAL.BALANCE
Y.CUS.ID = ‘’
Y.TOTAL.BALANCE = 0
Y.WORKING.BALANCE = 0
Y.LD.AMOUNT = 0
Y.MM.AMOUNT = 0
CUS.ACC.POS = ‘’
R.CUS.ACC.REC = ‘’
CUS.ACC.ERR = 0
REPEAT
RETURN

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 Solution 1
AC.PROCESS:
CALL F.READ(FN.ACC,Y.ACC.ID,R.ACC.REC,F.ACC,ACC.ERR)
IF R.ACC.REC<ACC.WORKING.BALANCE> NE 0 THEN
Y.WORKING.BALANCE += R.ACC.REC<ACC.WORKING.BALANCE>
END
ACC.ERR = 0
R.ACC.REC = ‘’
RETURN
LD.PROCESS:
CALL F.READ(FN.LD,Y.LMM.ID,R.LD.REC,F.LD,LD.ERR)
IF R.LD.REC<LD.CATEGORY> >= 21001 AND R.LD.REC<LD.CATEGORY> <= 21039 THEN
Y.LD.BALANCE += R.LD.REC<LD.AMOUNT>
END
R.LD.REC = ‘’
LD.ERR = ‘’ ;RETURN

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 Solution 1
MM.PROCESS:
CALL F.READ(FN.MM,Y.LMM.ID,R.MM.REC,F.MM,MM.ERR)
IF R.MM.REC<MM.CATEGORY> >= 21001 AND
R.MM.REC<MM.CATEGORY> <= 21039 THEN
Y.MM.BALANCE += R.MM.REC<MM.PRINCIPAL>
END
R.MM.REC = ‘’
MM.ERR = ‘’
RETURN
END

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 STEPS TO CREATE NOFILE ENQUIRY
STEP 2
 Create a record in Standard Selection with ID - NOFILE.xxx

 Standard Selection would validate without reference to any

record in FILE.CONTROL if the record name starts with
“NOFILE.”

Note: Normally Standard Selection validates a record only if a

record is present in FILE.CONTROL.

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 NOFILE ENQUIRY

STEP 3

 Create a record in the ENQUIRY.

 Give the Standard Selection record id in the field
FILE.NAME.
 For field FIXED.SELECTION we must have to give
@ID.
 Define the fields and its position in the enquiry which
was returned from the Nofile enquiry routine.

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NOFILE ENQUIRY

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 OUTPUT

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 WORK SHOP 1
Create an enquiry in the following format which would contain the
generated list that would list the number of LD, MM and MG contracts
interest-wise.
LD MM MG
Less than 5 %
5 % to less than 6 %
6 % to less than 7 %
7 % to less than 8 %
8 % to less than 9 %
9 % to less than 10 %
10 % and above.

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 Summary
 A record in Standard Selection whose id begins with a
NOFILE does not require a corresponding
FILE.CONTROL record.

 A NOFILE enquiry is usually written when data needs

to be picked up from multiple files or when the list of
ids cannot be formed by the enquiry subsystem.

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