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Constraints on the Uniqueness of Names

The OS/400 system entities fall into a hierarchy that dictates the level at which names must be unique. Library names must be unique within the system, object names unique by type within library, format names unique within file, and field names unique within format.

The hierarchy of the common OS/400 entities is displayed in the following diagram: