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Sample Naming Conventions

The table below lists the naming convention standards used for the sample application in this manual.

Position

Value

Meaning

1

C

CA product

2-3

 

Type of application:

 

EM

Employee information

 

IS

Information system

 

FS

Financial system

 

MS

Manufacturing system

 

SY

System activities

4

 

Component type:

 

D

Dialog

 

F

Function

 

M

Map

 

P

User-defined program

 

R

Report

 

S

Subschema

 

T

Table

 

U

Menu

5

 

Component functions:

 

A

Add operation

 

C

Encode/decode (column 4 indicates table)

 

D

Delete operation

 

E

Edit operation (column 4 indicates tables)

 

I

Inquiry operation

 

M

Modify operation

 

U

Update operation

6-8

 

Component designator

 

xxx

Three characters used as unique

 

 

identifiers