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Glossary

ACTIVITY

The verb that a program uses to access a record-either COPIED or the specific DML verb.

APPLICATION

A group of one or more dialogs or programs.

APPLICATIONS RELATED TO THIS APPLICATION

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

APPLICATIONS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED APPLICATION

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

AREA

A portion of a database.

ATTRIBUTE

A characteristic of an entity. Attributes are defined within dictionary classes.

ATTRIBUTES ARE

Singular or plural; manual or automatic.

ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO THIS ATTRIBUTE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

ATTRIBUTES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED ATTRIBUTE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

AUTHORIZATION

Y--Programs referencing this subschema must be registered.

N--Any program that references the subschema can be compiled (no authorization).

BASIC INFO

Descriptive information about an entity.

BUILDER

The system utility that created a record.

CLASS

A group of attributes.

CLASS TYPE

Either CLASS or ENTITY (user-defined entity).

COMMENTS

User-supplied explanatory text.

CREATED

Date of creation and/or user that created the entity.

DATE COMPILED

Last date structural modifications were made.

DATE FORMAT

Format in which the current date is available in an application run-time.

DEFINITION

User-supplied explanatory text.

DELETION LOCK

ON--The deletion lock must be turned off before deleting the class or attribute.

OFF--The class or attribute can be deleted directly.

DESCRIPTION

User-supplied explanatory text.

DIALOG

In CA ADS, an executable module made up of subschema, map, and process modules.

DIALOGS RELATED TO THIS DIALOG

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

DIALOGS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED DIALOG

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

DMCL

Name of the DMCL under which the subschema was compiled.

ELEMENT

Group or elementary data item.

ELEMENTS RELATED TO THIS ELEMENT

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

ELEMENTS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED ELEMENT

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

entities RELATED TO THIS entity

Identifies the user-defined relationship that exists between one or more entity occurrences and the entity occurrence appearing in the NAME field. Also lists the name and version number of the related entities.

entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity

Identifies the user-defined relationship that exists between the entity occurrence appearing in the NAME field and the entity occurrences to which it is related. Also lists the name and version number of the related entities.

ERROR FLAG

Y--Errors were detected at compile time or a module was marked unusable.

N--No errors were detected at compile time.

FILE

A collection of data described by records. It corresponds to the FILE statement in COBOL, the DECLARE FILE statement in PL/1, and the DCB macro in Assembler. Sort files, internal files, and print files are not documented in the dictionary.

FILES RELATED TO THIS FILE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

FILES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED FILE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

FULL VIEW

On Record/Subschemas screen:

1--The subschema has been defined to access all record elements in the record.

0--The subschema has been defined to access only some of the record elements in the record.

FUNCTION

Named procedure within an application that represents a group of valid responses.

GLOBAL RECORD

Record that is available to all functions at run-time.

LANGUAGE

Program language.

LENGTH

Length in bytes.

LEVEL

COBOL level number of the record element.

LOAD MODULE NAME

Member name of a dialog, map, etc. in a load area.

LOGICAL RECORD

A record made up of multiple database records.

LRF ACCESS FLAG

Logical record access flag.

Y--Only logical records are available to programs that use this subschema.

N--Logical records and subschema records are available to programs that use this subschema.

MAP

The means of interfacing between the terminal operator and the dialog. A map defines a screen format and can associate fields on the screen with data elements in records used by a dialog. A map is defined by using DC/UCF mapping facility and is stored as a load module and source in the dictionary.

MAP RELEASE ID

Release number of the compiler under which the map was generated.

MODULE

A unit of source code. Modules can have one of several language attributes, such as COBOL, PL/1, Assembler, or DDR. Modules that have language OLQ are QFILEs; modules that have language ADS are processes; modules that have language TABLE are edit or code tables.

Module BUILDER

Code indicating what compiler, processor, or generator created the module.

MODULES RELATED TO THIS MODULE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

MODULES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED MODULE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

N/A

Not applicable.

NO. OF SOURCE LINES

Estimated number of source lines. ("Included" code is not counted.)

PICTURE

Size and data type of an element.

PREFIX

Prefix defined for record.

PREPARED BY

User that created the entity.

PRIMARY RECORD

Primary name of record. Other names are synonyms.

PROCESS

A set of CA ADS commands that define a dialog's premap or response processing.

PROGRAM

A unit of source code that can be compiled individually by a language compiler. The primary name of a program in the dictionary is the PROGRAM ID of the source program. Both mainline and called programs are programs in the dictionary. Calling/called hierarchies are maintained during acceptance compiles.

PROGRAMS RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

PROGRAMS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED PROGRAM

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

QFILE

A set of OLQ commands stored in the dictionary as a 1-file type module.

QFILES RELATED TO THIS QFILE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

QFILES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED QFILE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

RECORD

A collection of one or more data elements. A record has a primary name and may have one or more synonyms.

RECORD NAME

Primary name of a record.

RECORD LENGTH

Length in bytes, calculated from record elements.

RECORDS RELATED TO THIS RECORD

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

RECORDS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED RECORD

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

RELATIONSHIP

Either CALLS or CALLED BY.

REMARKS

User-supplied explanatory text.

REVISED

Date the entity was last changed and user that last changed the entity.

SCHEMA

Name and version of schema that contains the subschema.

SET

Defines the relationship between record types.

SPF FLAG

Y--Indicates the subschema is using SPF indices.

N--Indicates the subschema is not using SPF indices.

S/P/U

S--Indicates that the record element has a name (synonym) defined in the record that is different from the name of primary elements.

P--Indicates that the record element has a picture defined in the record that is different from the picture of the primary element.

U--Indicates that the record element has a usage defined in the record that is different from the usage of the primary element.

START

Element's staring position in the record.

SUBORDINATES

Subordinate element names (within group elements).

SUBSCHEMA

A subset of the schema denoted by an 8-character name. (Version is not applicable.)

SUBSYSTEM

See "SYSTEM".

SUBSYSTEMS RELATED TO THIS SUBSYSTEM

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

SUBSYSTEMS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED SUBSYSTEM

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

SYNONYM

Alternate name of the element or record (or alias).

SYSTEM

Documentation of the collection, processing, storage, and generation of data. Systems are at the highest level in the dictionary system/data structure.

SYSTEMS RELATED TO THIS SYSTEM

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

SYSTEMS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED SYSTEM

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

TABLE

A collection of values.

TABLES RELATED TO THIS TABLE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

TABLES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED TABLE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

TASK AND FUNCTION

The task (named entity that allows for entry into an application) and its associated function (named response group within an application).

TIMES

Number of times the activity occurs in the program.

TIME STAMP

The time that the entity was compiled, in the format hhmmsshh.

UPDATED

Date entity was last changed.

USAGE

Element usage; for example, DISPLAY or COMP.

USER

A valid IDD user name.

USER DEFINED COMMENT

Allows the user to separate comments into user-specified categories. Usually followed by lines of comments.

USER RESP FOR CREATION

User responsible for creation of this entity type.

USERS RELATED TO THIS USER

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

USERS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED USER

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

VER

Version number.

WITHIN CLASS

Defines the class for an attribute.

WITHIN PANEL

Panel that contains map.

APPLICATION

A group of one or more dialogs or programs.

APPLICATIONS RELATED TO THIS APPLICATION

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

APPLICATIONS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED APPLICATION

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

AREA

A portion of a database.

ATTRIBUTE

A characteristic of an entity. Attributes are defined within dictionary classes.

ATTRIBUTES ARE

Singular or plural; manual or automatic.

ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO THIS ATTRIBUTE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

ATTRIBUTES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED ATTRIBUTE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

AUTHORIZATION

Y--Programs referencing this subschema must be registered.

N--Any program that references the subschema can be compiled (no authorization).

BASIC INFO

Descriptive information about an entity.

BUILDER

The system utility that created a record.

CLASS

A group of attributes.

CLASS TYPE

Either CLASS or ENTITY (user-defined entity).

COMMENTS

User-supplied explanatory text.

CREATED

Date of creation and/or user that created the entity.

DATE COMPILED

Last date structural modifications were made.

DATE FORMAT

Format in which the current date is available in an application run-time.

DEFINITION

User-supplied explanatory text.

DELETION LOCK

ON--The deletion lock must be turned off before deleting the class or attribute.

OFF--The class or attribute can be deleted directly.

DESCRIPTION

User-supplied explanatory text.

DIALOG

In CA ADS, an executable module made up of subschema, map, and process modules.

DIALOGS RELATED TO THIS DIALOG

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

DIALOGS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED DIALOG

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

DMCL

Name of the DMCL under which the subschema was compiled.

ELEMENT

Group or elementary data item.

ELEMENTS RELATED TO THIS ELEMENT

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

ELEMENTS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED ELEMENT

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

entities RELATED TO THIS entity

Identifies the user-defined relationship that exists between one or more entity occurrences and the entity occurrence appearing in the NAME field. Also lists the name and version number of the related entities.

entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity

Identifies the user-defined relationship that exists between the entity occurrence appearing in the NAME field and the entity occurrences to which it is related. Also lists the name and version number of the related entities.

ERROR FLAG

Y--Errors were detected at compile time or a module was marked unusable.

N--No errors were detected at compile time.

FILE

A collection of data described by records. It corresponds to the FILE statement in COBOL, the DECLARE FILE statement in PL/1, and the DCB macro in Assembler. Sort files, internal files, and print files are not documented in the dictionary.

FILES RELATED TO THIS FILE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

FILES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED FILE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

FULL VIEW

On Record/Subschemas screen:

1--The subschema has been defined to access all record elements in the record.

0--The subschema has been defined to access only some of the record elements in the record.

FUNCTION

Named procedure within an application that represents a group of valid responses.

GLOBAL RECORD

Record that is available to all functions at run-time.

LANGUAGE

Program language.

LENGTH

Length in bytes.

LEVEL

COBOL level number of the record element.

LOAD MODULE NAME

Member name of a dialog, map, etc. in a load area.

LOGICAL RECORD

A record made up of multiple database records.

LRF ACCESS FLAG

Logical record access flag.

Y--Only logical records are available to programs that use this subschema.

N--Logical records and subschema records are available to programs that use this subschema

MAP

The means of interfacing between the terminal operator and the dialog. A map defines a screen format and can associate fields on the screen with data elements in records used by a dialog. A map is defined by using DC/UCF mapping facility and is stored as a load module and source in the dictionary.

MAP RELEASE ID

Release number of the compiler under which the map was generated.

MODULE

A unit of source code. Modules can have one of several language attributes, such as COBOL, PL/1, Assembler, or DDR. Modules that have language OLQ are QFILEs; modules that have language ADS are processes; modules that have language TABLE are edit or code tables.

Module BUILDER

Code indicating what compiler, processor, or generator created the module.

MODULES RELATED TO THIS MODULE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

MODULES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED MODULE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

N/A

Not applicable.

NO. OF SOURCE LINES

Estimated number of source lines. ("Included" code is not counted.)

PICTURE

Size and data type of an element.

PREFIX

Prefix defined for record.

PREPARED BY

User that created the entity.

PRIMARY RECORD

Primary name of record. Other names are synonyms.

PROCESS

A set of CA ADS commands that define a dialog's premap or response processing.

PROGRAM

A unit of source code that can be compiled individually by a language compiler. The primary name of a program in the dictionary is the PROGRAM ID of the source program. Both mainline and called programs are programs in the dictionary. Calling/called hierarchies are maintained during acceptance compiles.

PROGRAMS RELATED TO THIS PROGRAM

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

PROGRAMS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED PROGRAM

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

QFILE

A set of OLQ commands stored in the dictionary as a 1-file type module.

QFILES RELATED TO THIS QFILE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

QFILES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED QFILE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

RECORD

A collection of one or more data elements. A record has a primary name and may have one or more synonyms.

RECORD LENGTH

Length in bytes, calculated from record elements.

RECORD NAME

Primary name of a record.

RECORDS RELATED TO THIS RECORD

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

RECORDS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED RECORD

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

RELATIONSHIP

Either CALLS or CALLED BY.

REMARKS

User-supplied explanatory text.

REVISED

Date the entity was last changed and user that last changed the entity.

S/P/U

S--Indicates that the record element has a name (synonym) defined in the record that is different from the name of primary elements.

P--Indicates that the record element has a picture defined in the record that is different from the picture of the primary element.

U--Indicates that the record element has a usage defined in the record that is different from the usage of the primary element.

SCHEMA

Name and version of schema that contains the subschema.

SET

Defines the relationship between record types.

SPF FLAG

Y--Indicates the subschema is using SPF indices.

N--Indicates the subschema is not using SPF indices.

START

Element's staring position in the record.

SUBORDINATES

Subordinate element names (within group elements).

SUBSCHEMA

A subset of the schema denoted by an 8-character name. (Version is not applicable.)

SUBSYSTEM

See "SYSTEM".

SUBSYSTEMS RELATED TO THIS SUBSYSTEM

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

SUBSYSTEMS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED SUBSYSTEM

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

SYNONYM

Alternate name of the element or record (or alias).

SYSTEM

Documentation of the collection, processing, storage, and generation of data. Systems are at the highest level in the dictionary system/data structure.

SYSTEMS RELATED TO THIS SYSTEM

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

SYSTEMS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED SYSTEM

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

TABLE

A collection of values.

TABLES RELATED TO THIS TABLE

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

TABLES WHICH THIS IS A RELATED TABLE

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

TASK AND FUNCTION

The task (named entity that allows for entry into an application) and its associated function (named response group within an application).

TIME STAMP

The time that the entity was compiled, in the format hhmmsshh.

TIMES

Number of times the activity occurs in the program.

UPDATED

Date entity was last changed.

USAGE

Element usage; for example, DISPLAY or COMP.

USER

A valid IDD user name.

USER DEFINED COMMENT

Allows the user to separate comments into user-specified categories. Usually followed by lines of comments.

USER RESP FOR CREATION

User responsible for creation of this entity type.

USERS RELATED TO THIS USER

See "entities RELATED TO THIS entity".

USERS WHICH THIS IS A RELATED USER

See "entities WHICH THIS IS A RELATED entity".

VER

Version number.

WITHIN CLASS

Defines the class for an attribute.

WITHIN PANEL

Panel that contains map.