CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Starting and Exiting DECdecision 1.1 What You Need to Know 1.2 Starting DECdecision 1.3 Exiting DECdecision 2 Learning DECdecision 2.1 Getting Help 2.1.1 On Context 2.1.2 On Window and On Help 2.1.3 Tips on Using Help 2.1.4 Using DECdecision Help on a Remote System 2.1.5 Adding LinkWorks Connections to Help Topics 2.2 Blueprint Examples 2.2.1 How to Run a Guided Blueprint 2.2.2 Viewing Tips 2.3 Using Sample Data 3 Simplifying Data Management-A Tutorial 3.1 Defining the Task 3.2 Gathering the Data 3.3 Outlining the Solution 3.4 Implementing the Solution 3.5 Streamlining the Task with a Blueprint 4 Query Basics 4.1 About Query 4.2 About Relational Databases 4.3 Getting Started with Query 4.3.1 Creating Your Query Database 4.3.2 Defining a Database Logical Name 4.3.3 Using a VAX TEAMDATA Database with Query 4.4 Using Your Query Window 4.5 Getting Help 4.5.1 On Context 4.5.2 On Window and On Help 4.5.3 Tips on Using Help 4.5.4 Using Query Help on a Remote VMS System 4.6 Query Main Menu Functions 4.7 Working with Query Tables 4.7.1 Creating Tables 4.7.2 Querying Data 4.7.3 Reporting 4.7.4 Organizing Tables by Folders 4.8 Using the Command Region 4.9 Using Macros 4.10 Sharing Data 4.10.1 Sharing Data within Query 4.10.2 Sharing Data with Other Products 4.11 Exiting from Query 5 Query Overview 5.1 Using Queries and Record Selection Expressions 5.2 Summary of Query Operations 5.3 Tutorial 6 Calc Basics 6.1 The Worksheet 6.2 Parts of the Worksheet 6.3 Worksheet Features 6.4 Calc Features 6.5 Advanced Features 7 DECchart Basics 7.1 Chart Components 7.2 Starting DECchart 7.3 How DECchart Plots Data 7.3.1 Charting by Row and by Column 7.4 Drawing a Chart 7.5 Chart Attributes 7.5.1 Generic Chart Attributes 7.5.2 Chart Type Attributes 7.6 Enhancing a Chart 7.6.1 Adding an Overlay 7.6.2 Changing Overlay Attributes 7.6.3 Modifying Chart Objects 7.7 DECchart Files 7.8 Using DECgraph Files 7.9 Printing a Chart 7.10 DECchart Preferences 7.10.1 Setting Default Characteristics 7.10.2 DECchart Chart Colors 7.11 DECchart Worksheet 7.11.1 Entering or Modifying Data 7.11.2 Selecting Data 7.11.3 Charting from the Worksheet 7.11.4 Manipulating Data 7.11.5 Data Operations 8 Builder Basics 8.1 The Builder Main Window 8.2 The Builder Blueprint 8.3 Blueprint Objects 8.4 Builder Operation Modes 9 Using DECdecision with DECwrite and DECpresent 9.1 Linking to a Query Table 9.2 Linking to a Calc Worksheet 9.2.1 Updating a Link between a Worksheet and a DECwrite Document 9.3 Linking to a DECchart Chart 9.4 Linking to a Builder Blueprint 9.4.1 Creating a LiveLink to a New Blueprint 9.4.2 Creating a LiveLink to an Existing Blueprint 9.4.3 LiveLink Example A Overview of the Table Converters A.1 Available Table Converters A.2 Input and Output Converters A.2.1 Missing Data and Format Information A.2.2 Overview of the Processing Options A.2.3 Creating an Options File A.2.4 Conversion Messages A.2.4.1 Message Format A.2.4.2 Severity Codes A.3 Table Converters Processing Options A.3.1 CELL_SEPARATOR= string A.3.2 CONFORM and NOCONFORM A.3.3 DATE_EDIT= date edit string A.3.4 DEFAULT_VALUE= string A.3.5 DEFINITIONS= field definition file name string , DEFINITIONS, and NODEFINITIONS A.3.6 ERROR_VALUE= string A.3.7 FALSE_VALUE= string and TRUE_VALUE= string A.3.8 FORMAT_OPTIMIZE and NOFORMAT_OPTIMIZE A.3.9 GLOBAL_TRIM= keyword A.3.10 INFER_COLUMNS A.3.11 LABEL_GEN and NOLABEL_GEN A.3.12 LOG =filespec , NOLOG, and LOG A.3.13 RADIX_POINT= x A.3.14 TEXT_PREFIX= x and NOTEXT_PREFIX A.3.15 TEXT_SUFFIX= x and NOTEXT_SUFFIX A.3.16 TRAILING_SEPARATOR= n A.3.17 VERBOSE and NOVERBOSE Glossary