JPH03123923A - Automatic editing system for data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the erroneous input of an operator and to improve operability by giving various pieces of information relating to an item to be inputted to a control data file, checking the data and automatically updating the data. CONSTITUTION:The control data file 3 has the information relating to the allowable range of data or the like and is constituted of item definition information 31 and relating item information 32 having information relating to the items. The operator inputs the data relating to the item changing a screen displayed in a display 41 from a keyboard 42. Input data is checked by obtaining the data having the allowable range of data from information 31 in the file 3. At the time of erroneous input, error display is executed and the operator is warned. When the relating item is present thereon, the data having the relating item is altered based on the information 32. Then, the name of a segment in input data is obtained from screen definition information 6, the name of the segment, the type of data and conversion data in information 32 are searched and the data of the data file is automatically edited.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a data editing method that converts data input by an operator into a data file format by an easy operation that displays data for easy input by the operator. The present invention relates to an automatic data editing method that performs type conversion, updates a data file, converts data of items related to the changed item, and updates the data file.

[Conventional technology]

The conventional method of setting constant values is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-2174.
As described in Publication No. 23, the value of the constant stored in the constant storage means is rewritten based on the information input by the update information input means.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, when data is changed, the data is changed using a storage means that stores the data change. Also when changing the data of an item related to the data, the data is changed using the storage means. Therefore, there is a problem in that no consideration is given to changing data between related items, and the data changing means must consciously change the data of related items.

The present invention checks the data input by the operator by having various information about each data in the data file in the management data file.

Check the validity of the input data, and if it is valid, update the data file. If the data includes multiple related item data, the data is automatically changed, so the operator can input the data without being aware of the relationship between the data items. Therefore, erroneous input of data between related items can be prevented, and operability for the operator can be improved.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above purpose, a management data file is created, which includes the permissible value of data for each item displayed on one screen, type conversion data, whether or not the items in the data file are related, and the relationship. If there is, enter data such as items and data conversion. When input by the operator, a check is performed to see if the item is within the permissible range of the items input in this management data file. If the input data is invalid, an error message will be displayed to the operator.

If the input data is within the allowable range, the data type is converted and the data in the data file is updated. If there is an item related to the input item, based on the input data, the data of the related item will also be changed based on the information in the management data file, and the data file will be updated automatically. Added the function to edit data.

[Effect]

When an operator changes constant data, by having various information in the management data file, such as the data permissible range of input items and the relationship between multiple items, the operator can Constant data can be easily changed and edited without being aware of data items and other related items. Furthermore, if data is changed due to incorrect input by the operator, an error message is displayed to warn the operator, so the data file is not updated. Therefore, operability for the operator has improved. Even when the number of data items increases or the relationships between multiple items increase, management is easy because this can be handled by adding data to the management data file.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of this embodiment, and shows the system device 4.
Display 41. It consists of a keyboard 42. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of each file. Data file 1 is screen data 11 to be displayed on display 41.
and data 12. The screen data has data in the screen unit 5, and includes a plurality of screen data 51.
Each screen consists of a simple explanation and data for that item. The data 12 is a segment name and five columns 7 of alphanumeric characters. The screen definition file 2 has screen definition information 6. The screen definition information defines the segment name of the data displayed on the screen data, and the item name of the screen data and the segment name are paired. The management data file 3 is composed of item definition information 31 that has information such as permissible range of data, and related item information 32 that has information about the relationship between items. The operator inputs data for items to change the screen displayed on the display from the KB 42. The input data is checked by acquiring data within the permissible range from the item definition information held in the management data file. In case of incorrect input, an error will be displayed.

Alert the operator. Whether or not related items have been changed for the item input by the operator is defined in the item definition information, and if there are related items, the related item data is changed based on the related item information in the management data file. change. The segment name of the input data is obtained from the screen definition information, and the segment name in the related item information held in the management data file is searched. Segment name and data type related to the searched and retrieved segment.

Search for converted data from the segment name of the data file and automatically edit the data in the data file.

FIG. 3 is a processing flow for automatic editing of data changes.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by having various information of the data file in the management data file, the data input by the operator is checked, and if there are multiple related items, the data is automatically changed. This has the effect of editing data without being aware of the relationships between the data. Furthermore, if data is changed due to incorrect input by the operator, an error will be displayed and the data file will not be updated. As input data can be input without being aware of the data format of the data file, operability for the operator is improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of each file in an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a terminal device diagram, and FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart for automatic data editing. Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Provides a screen display function that makes it easy for operators to input data, checks whether the input data is within the allowable data range, converts it to the data file type, and updates the data. An automatic data editing method characterized in that data related to the item is automatically converted into a data file type, and related item data is changed to update the data file.