ORNL ALPHAMA MIS: User's manual

ALPHAMA is a command-driven application that allows Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., employees to maintain any System 1022 or 1032 database located on its Digital Equipment Corporation Inc., PDP-10 and VAX computers. Assisted by online Help, users can access a database, specify records of interest, and perform necessary maintenance. With ALPHAMA, they can add records, delete records, and/or change the value of attributes in existing records. This manual presents the various ALPHAMA commands, options, and support files that provide these maintenance functions. It also includes three example sessions as a short introduction to ALPHAMA for the new user. The appendixes provide shape commands and support files

ALPHA MIS: Reference manual

ALPHA is a powerful and versatile management information system (MIS) initiated and sponsored and by the Finance and Business Management Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who maintain and develop it in concert with the Business Systems Division for its Information Center. A general-purpose MIS, ALPHA allows users to access System 1022 and System 1032 databases to obtain and manage information. From a personal computer or a data terminal, Energy Systems employees can use ALPHA to control their own report reprocessing. Using four general commands (Database, Select, Sort, and Report) they can (1) choose a mainframe database, (2) define subsets within it, (3) sequentially order a subset by one or more variables, and (4) generate a report with their own or a canned format