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ENTMAINT Mode - DATADICTIONARY Entity Maintenance

Use the ENTMAINT Mode to create and maintain entity-occurrences of all non-model entity-types. Within model structures, use this mode to create and maintain TABLE, RECORD, KEY, and ELEMENT entity-occurrences. You can also use the ENTMAINT Mode to rename and maintain attributes, and to maintain support information for all entity-types, such as aliases, descriptors, and text.

When you select this mode on the main menu, the following menu displays where you can select a function.

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 DATADICTIONARY Entity Maintenance
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 Enter desired option number ===> __    (There are 09 options on the menu)

  1. DISPLAY   (D)       Display entity occurrence information
  2. UPDATE    (U)       Update entity occurrence information
  3. ADD                 Add a new entity occurrence
  4. DELETE    (DEL)     Delete an existing entity occurrence
  5. COPY      (COP)     Create a new version of an existing occurrence
  6. MODEL     (MDL)     Create new occurrence from existing occurrence
  7. SET MODE            Reset DATADICTIONARY processing mode
  8. IDEAL               Transfer to IDEAL application
  9. OFF                 End session

Note: If CA Ideal is not installed on your system, the OFF option appears in place of the CA Ideal option on thepreceding panel.

For more information about this processing mode, see ENTMAINT Mode - Entity Maintenance.