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When to Use

Use the ACCT CLOSE option to terminate recording of data in a specific accounting table. You can have some accounting tables defined that are only being used to record data during specific times of the day or for special situations. The Accounting Facility spills all active records from memory before closing the table.

You can use the CLOSE option to stop the Accounting Facility by closing all of the accounting tables. Once the last table closes, the Accounting Facility becomes dormant, closing the accounting database. You must do this to make any change to the accounting database structure.

The accounting databases are subject to the access restriction described in ACCESS (Restricting Opens or Maintenance). Disabling an accounting database from being opened does not, however, cause it to be closed.