Command Facility › Connecting to a Dictionary

Connecting to a Dictionary

Specifying a Dictionary

You can explicitly connect to a dictionary using the CONNECT statement.

Note: CONNECT is the OCF counterpart of a SIGNON statement, like COMMAND FACILITY SIGNON.

►►─── CONNECT TO dictionary-name ───────────────────────────────────────────►◄

Dictionary-name is the name of the dictionary to be accessed during the batch or online command facility session; specifies the dictionary where definitions are stored.

Connecting Automatically

If you do not use the CONNECT statement, the command facility automatically connects to the current dictionary, as follows:

• Batch—Current dictionary is determined by the DICTNAME parameter in the SYSIDMS parameters file.

  Note: For more information about SYSIDMS parameters, see SYSIDMS Parameter File.

• Online—Current dictionary is determined according to how it is set by the user:
  • DCUF SET DICTNAME
  • User signon profile
  • COMMAND FACILITY SIGNON

More Information

For more information about DCUFs, see the CA IDMS System Tasks and Operator Commands Guide. For more information about the user signon profile, see the CA IDMS Security Administration Guide. For more information about COMMAND FACILITY SIGNON, see the CA IDMS IDD DDDL Reference Guide.