This self-paced course is designed to teach Adabas and Natural users basic how-to’s. In addition, learners will learn how to write simple Natural programs, access data that is stored in an Adabas file from within a Natural program and modularize an application using a program and subprogram.
This course also allows you to earn a badge and be a Software AG Certified Natural Associate.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Write simple Natural programs
- Access data that is stored in an Adabas file from within a Natural program.
- Modularize an application using a program and subprogram.
Software Versions Covered
- Adabas & Natural Current Version
Intended Audience
- All Adabas & Natural Users
Skills Pre-requisites
- Basic Computer Skills
Content Topics
- Basic program structure for building your first ´Hello World´ program on the NaturalONE application development platform
- Overview of basic data types and value assignment operation
- Arithmetic operators and data movement operations
- Input and output statements like WRITE, DISPLAY, PRINT and INPUT
- Conditional processing like IF-THEN-ELSE and DECIDE
- String processing operations like EXAMINE, COMPRESS and SEPARATE
- The two general loop types FOR and REPEAT
- A short introduction to the Adabas database system
- How to access Adabas data
- Updating Adabas data with transaction processing
- Modularize the Natural source code into program and subprogram
Delivery Method
- Basic courses are delivered as Self-Paced Course(pre-recorded Instructor presentations, product demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, as applicable)
Self-Paced Duration
- Minimum of 240 minutes