1.  Selecting customers with a specific purchase history
2.  Finding customers with specific criteria
3.  List inventory records matching a specific criteria
4.  Selecting records from a file
5.  To suppress detail from a TCL statement
6.  To suppress record IDs in a TCL statement
7.  To view dictionaries
8.  Using your Stacker
9.  Counting records in your files
10.  Finding phrases in files

1. SELECTING CUSTOMERS WITH A SPECIFIC PURCHASE HISTORY

Mentor Pro/Universe Command:
>LIST CUST.HIST WITH 3 EQ "XXXX"

Example:  >LIST CUST.HIST WITH 3 EQ "8181" AND WITH 3 EQ "7632"

Lists customers who have purchased both items 8181 and 7632.

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2.  FINDING CUSTOMERS WITH SPECIFIC CRITERIA

Mentor Pro/Universe Command:
>>LIST CUST WITH 

Example:  >>LIST CUST WITH LIFETIME >= "1000" TRANSCOUNT

Lists customers who have a lifetime transaction value greater than or equal to $1000 with the number of transactions.

Note:  Dictionaries vary from system to system.  Your particular system may not have this corresponding dictionary.  Check with your Terno programmer.

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3.  LIST INVENTORY RECORDS MATCHING A SPECIFIC CRITERIA

Mentor Pro/Universe Command:
>>LIST INV WITH

Example:  >>LIST INV WITH QAV<= "0" AND WITH PO QTY = ""

This command would list Inventory with a Quantity Available equal to or less than 0 and with no open purchase orders.

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4.  SELECTING RECORDS FROM A FILE

Mentor Pro Command: >SAMPLE
    Example: >SAMPLE CUST (3

Universe Command: >SELECT
    Example: >SELECT CUST (3

Selects 3 Customers from file

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5.  TO SUPPRESS DETAIL FROM A TCL STATEMENT

Mentor Pro/ Universe Command: DET-SUPP

Example: >SORT CUST TOTAL 25 DET-SUPP

Displays merchandise total suppressing detail

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6.  TO SUPPRESS RECORD IDs IN A TCL STATEMENT

Mentor Pro /Universe Command: ID-SUPP

Example: >SORT CUST BY 1 1 ID-SUPP

Sorts and displays customer by last name not showing record IDs.

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7.  TO VIEW DICTIONARIES

Mentor Pro /Universe Command: >LIST DICT

Example: >LIST DICT CUST

Lists customer file dictionary which can be used in the TCL statement

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8.  USING A STACKER

A stacker is a storage place for the most recent 20 commands executed by your port at TCL.  

TO LIST YOUR STACKER

Mentor Pro/Universe Command:  >.L

Example of a stacker:
     01  LIST INV 1
     02  LIST CUST 1 2 
     03  GET-LIST TEST.INV
     04  SELECT CUST WITH 3 = 44512
     ....

TO EXECUTE AN ITEM ON YOUR STACKER

Mentor Pro/Universe Command:  >.X<number>

Example:  >.X2

This example would repeat the command specified on line number 2 of your stacker.  Using the above example, this would do this LIST CUST 1 2.

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9.  COUNTING RECORDS IN YOUR FILES

Mentor Pro/Universe Command: COUNT

Example: >COUNT INV 5 >= 500

Counts inventory records with attribute 5 (cost) greater than or equal to 500 ($)

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10.  FINDING PHRASES IN FILES

Mentor Pro Command:  >FIND Name.of.file "YOUR PHRASE"

Universe Command:  >FIND Name.of.file <enter>  string: "YOUR PHRASE"

Example:
>FIND CUST.MESSAGE "PROBLEM" (MP)
>FIND CUST.MESSAGE  string "PROBLEM" (UV)

This would find all customer messages which find any occurance of ‘problem’.

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