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Set Up a View

You define a view to the DSA process by using the set view command.

You might find it useful to create a file settings/views.dxc to contain your view definitions. This file should include a clear view command before the set view commands. See set view Command.

A view command has a header and a body. The header identifies the view and contains the view name, DN, and post-processing options. The view body consists of a list of searches, called phases. Each phase has a DN and a filter (and some ancillary information).

Example set view Command

This is the set view command used to create the view discussed in Example: A View Used by a Pay TV Company:

clear view;

set view "Channel list" = {
   description = "Display list of channels for a given MACAddress"
   entry = <c AU><o Views><cn "Channel list">
   ( phase   = 1
     subtree = "o=Devices,c=AU"
     filter  = "(MACAddress=$MACAddress)"
     options = ignore-from-result ),
   ( phase   = 2
     subtree = "o=Subscribers,c=AU"
     filter  = "(DevGuids=$1:DevGuid)"
     eis     = Package
     options = result-required, ignore-from-result ),
   ( phase   = 3
     subtree = "o=Packages,c=AU"
     filter  = "(PackageName=$2:Package)" ),
 
   ( phase   = 4
     subtree = "o=Services,c=AU"
     filter  = "(ServiceName=$3:Services)"
     eis     = Channel )
};