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FIELD Occurrence in CA Datacom/DB and CA FILE Models

        Entity-Type          Occurrence-Name                                Use
                              DB-Name DB-Id  Length  Options

 000004       FIELD          ORD-ID
                                             00005   00000001N00001RNSNC000

Column Heading

Position

Length

Keywords on Panels (Attribute Name)

Entity-Type

varies

varies (indented according to position in structure)

The occurrence name defined in CA Datacom Datadictionary to identify this entity-type. (ENTITY-TYPE)

Occurrence-Name

1

32

The name defined in CA Datacom Datadictionary for this entity-occurrence. (ENTITY-NAME)

Use

n/a

n/a

Only valid for tables and keys.

DB-Name

N/A

N/A

N/A

DB-Id

N/A

N/A

N/A

Length

1

5

Length (LENGTH)

Options

 

8

Level (numeric designation of simple, parent, or a subordinate level in compound fields)

 

9

1

Type (TYPE)

 

10

5

Repeat (REPEAT)

 

15

1

Just (JUSTIFICATION)

 

16

1

Redef (REDEFINES)

 

17

1

Level or Fill (CLASS)

 

18

1

Sign (SIGN)

 

19

1

Type (TYPE-NUMERIC)

 

20

3

Dec (DECIMALS)

Note: For a field defined with a V data type (VARCHAR), the Length value includes the automatically generated 2-byte field which defines the data's length. For more information, see the CA Datacom/DB Database and System Administration Guide.