OS/400 Entity and Object Types

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OS/400 Entity and Object Types

The following table shows all of the OS/400 entities (both OS/400 objects and component elements) that need to be named. The table also indicates whether each entity is common or scarce, and whether an end user might need to refer to the entity by name, both of which may affect how the item needs to be named.

Group	Object type	Attr	Description	Number of entities	Seen by end user
APP	*FILE	DSPF	File - display	Many	No
APP	*FILE	MXDF	File - display mixed	Many	No
APP	*FILE	CMNF	File - communications	Many	No
APP	*FILE	BSCF	File - communications	Many	No
APP	*FILE	DFUEXC	File - display DFU	Many	No
APP	*FILE	TAPF	File - tape	Many	No
APP	*FLR!		Folder	Many	No
APP-P	*FNTRSC-	Font resource	Few	Yes
APP-P	*FORMDF-	Form definition	Many	Yes
APP	*GSS		Graphics symbol set	Few	No
APP	*IGCDCT!		Ideographic dictionary	Few	Yes
WKM	*JOBD		Job description	Several	No
WKM	*JOBQ		Job queue	Few	Yes
APP	*JRN		Journal	One	No
APP	*JRNRCV!		Journal receivers	Many	No
APP	*LIB		Library	Several	Yes
CFG	*LIND		Line description	Few	Yes
APP	*MENU		Menu	Many	Yes
CFG	*MODD		Mode description	Dew	No
APP	*MSGF		Message file	One	No
WKM	*MSGQ		Message queue	Several	No (2)
CFG	*NWID		Network Interface descr	Few	No
WKM	*OUTQ		Output queue	Few	Yes
APP-P	*OVL	Overlay	Few	No
APP-P	*PAGDFN-	Page definition	Few	No
APP-P	*PAGSEG-	Page segment	Few	No
WKM	*PDG G		Print descriptor	Few	No
APP	*PGM	C	Program - C	Many	No
APP	*PGM	CLP	Program - CLP	Many	No
APP	*PGM	CBL	Program - Cobol	Many	No
APP	*PGM	DFU	Program - DFU	Many	No
APP	*PGM	FTN	Program - Fortran	Many	No
APP	*PGM	PLI	Program - PL/1	Many	No
APP	*PGM	RPG	Program - RPG III	Many	No
APP	*PGM	QRY	Program - Query	Many	Yes
APP	*PNLGRP!		Panel group	Many	Yes
CFG	*PRDAVL-		Product availability	Few	-
CFG	*PRDDFN-		Product definition	Few	-
APP	*QMFORM-		Print image	Few	No
APP	*QMQRY		Query Manager Query	Few	No
APP	*QRYDFN!		Query definition	Many	No
CFG	*RCT -		RC table	Few	-
APP	*SAVF!		Save file	Few	No
CFG	*SBSD		Subsystem description	Few	Yes
APP	*SCHIDX!		Search index	Several	No
APP	*SPADCT!		Spelling aid dictionary	One	Yes
CFG	*SSND		Session description	Few	No
APP	*TBL		Table	Few	No
APP	*USRIDX-		User index	Many	Yes (3)
SEC	*USRPRF!		User profile	Several	Yes
APP	*USRQ-		User queue	Many	No (3)
APP	*USRSPC-		User space	Many	Yes (3)

Other Entities

Group	Object Type	Attr	Description	Number of entities	Seen by end user
*FILE	MEMBER	-	Member	1;Many	No (1)
*FILE	FORMAT	-	Format	1;Many	No(1)
FORMAT	FIELD	-	Field	Many	No(1)
PGM	FIELD	-	Field in HLL program	Many	No
MEMBER	MENU	-	CA 2E menu	Many	Yes
		JOB	INT	Interactive job	Several
		JOB	BCH	Batch job	Many
		RDR		Spool reader	Few
		WTR		Spool writer	Several
*MSGF	MSGID	-	Message description	Many	No
*PNLGR	HLPGRP	-	Help group	Many	No

Items, such as database files and fields, are seen by end users if they are permitted to crate query reports.
Job, reader, and writer names should be the same as the device descriptions.