In ENTMAINT and ENTDISPL Modes

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In ENTMAINT and ENTDISPL Modes

You can use the DISPLAY command to display occurrences in ENTMAINT and ENTDISPL Modes. You can use these modes to display:

A specific occurrence
A list of all occurrences that meet your specifications
A list of occurrences that have an established relationship
A structure display

For more information, see ENTDISPL Mode - Entity Display.

Use the following format for this command:

Note: If your completed command exceeds the 76 spaces available in one command line, you must use the prompter panel to issue the command.

DISPLAY (in ENTMAINT and ENDISPL modes)

►►─┬─ DISPLAY ─┬─ type1 ─┬─────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────►
   └─ DIS ─────┘         └─ USING ─ type2 ─┘

 ►─ /entity, ─┬────────────────┬─ occ-name( ─┬────────┬─┬──────────┬─ )/ ─────►
              └─ parent-name. ─┘             └─ vers ─┘ └─ ,,ovrd ─┘

 ►─┬─────────┬─┬──────────────────────────┬─┬──────────────────────┬──────────►◄
   └─ type3 ─┘ └─ AS ─ OF ─ YYYYMMDDhhmm ─┘ └─ CLASS ─ class-name ─┘

type1

(Required) Specify the type of display to be produced. If you enter DISPLAY RELDEF or DISPLAY STRUCTURES, do not enter the remaining keywords. CA Datacom Datadictionary presents the Relationship Definition Panel as the first step in displaying a relationship definition.

For more information, see Display Relationship Definitions. CA Datacom Datadictionary presents the CA Datacom Datadictionary Entity Display panel when you specify DISPLAY STRUCTURES. For more information, see Display Structures.

Valid Entries:

ALIAS|ALI

ATTRIBUTE|ATT

COPYBOOK|CBK

DESCRIPTOR|DES

DETAIL|DET

FIELD|FIEL

INDEX|IND

RELDEF|RLD

STRUCTURE|STR

TEXT|TEX

Default Value:

(No default)

type2

(Optional) Specify the selection process for the command. You can request CA Datacom Datadictionary to make the selection using an alias or descriptor name of 1 to 32 characters or using a standard path. For more information and for the options available, see Using the Selection Criteria Fill-in Panel.

Valid Entries:

ALIAS name

DESCRIPTOR name

PATH [STANDARD]

Default Value:

(No default)

/entity,

(Optional) Specify the entity for the occurrence on which to anchor the DISPLAY function. You cannot use abbreviations in this field.

Valid Entries:

An existing entity

ALL

Default Value:

ALL

parent-name.

Only required if the entity is FIELD, KEY, or ELEMENT. Specify the occurrence name of the TABLE, RECORD, or VIEW that contains the entity being displayed.

Valid Entries:

1- to 32 character occurrence name

ALL

Default Value:

ALL

occ-name

(Required) Specify the occurrence name of the occurrence on which to anchor the DISPLAY function. You can enter ALL to select all occurrences or use a generic selection of one or more of the initial characters of the name with an asterisk (*) to select several occurrences. For example, PAY* processes all occurrences of this entity-type with PAY as the first 3 characters in the name.

Valid Entries:

1- to 32 character occurrence name

Generic selection

ALL

Default Value:

ALL

vers

(Optional) Use this to limit your selection to a specific status or version.

Valid Entries:: TEST or T001—T999
PROD or 001—999
QUAL (valid in ENTDISPL Mode for TBL, KEY, ELM)
HIST or H000—H997 (000-997 is the generation number)
ALL
ASOF
Default Value:: ALL

,,ovrd

Only required if this occurrence is restricted from retrieval with a lock level assignment. A password is not required to display an occurrence. However, you must enter the preceding commas to identify the following characters as the override code. Supply the override code.

Valid Entries:: 1- to 4-character override code
Default Value:: (No default)

type3

(Optional) Specify the type that CA Datacom Datadictionary is to use when type1 is FIELD or the language when type1 is COPYBOOK.

For a FIELD entity, enter one of the following entries to alter the default name used.

Valid Entries:: ASSEMBLER|ASM
COMPILER|CMP
DATADICT|DD
DESCRIPTION|DESC
Default Value:: CA Datacom Datadictionary (DD) or the default you establish with the SET NAME command. (See Setting Session Default Values for details.)

For a COPYBOOK entity, enter one of the following entries to alter the default name used.

Valid Entries:: ASSEMBLER|ASM
COBOL|COB
DATAREPORTER|DR
PL1
Default Value:: COBOL|COB or the default you establish with the SET LANGUAGE command. (See Setting Session Default Values for details.)

AS OF YYYYMMDDhhmm

(Optional) If you enter ASOF in the status field, specify the date/time stamp to display the version of the structure that was in PROD status at that date and time. You can specify the full date and time or a partial date, such as 199001 for the year and month or 19900131 for the year, month and day.

Note: If your time value includes seconds, round up to the nearest minute.

Valid Entries:: 1 to 12 digits
Default Value:: (No default

CLASS class-name

(Optional) For text display only. Enter the CLASS keyword and specify the text classification you want to display or enter the keyword followed by ALL to display all text classifications.

If you enter ALL, all text classifications for the entity display in alphabetical order. Use the NEXT CLASS command or PF12 to display the next classification.

Valid Entries:

1- to 32-character text classification

ALL

Default Value:

STANDARD

When you press Enter, CA Datacom Datadictionary responds with the selected display panel.