Syntax Rules

name is entity-name

Identifies a new ENTITY to be added to the CCDB or an existing ENTITY occurrence to be modified, deleted, displayed, or punched. The entity-name must be a 1 to 40-character alphanumeric value. For ADD actions this clause is required, cannot contain masking specifications and the combined entity-name, entity-type and version-number must be unique within the CCDB. For all other operations, this clause is optional or may be specified with valid masking specifications as described in Chapter 1.

TYPe is entity-type

Specifies the type of the entity. For ADD actions, this clause is required and must identify a valid entity type as listed in Appendix B. For all other actions, clause is optional and defaults to all entity-types. See the following Usage for additional information.

VERsion is version-number

The version number of the entity occurrence in the CCDB. For IDD entity types, this value is the same as the IDD Version Number. If specified, version-number must be a valid integer in the range 0 thru 9999. For ADD actions, if omitted, the version-number defaults to 1.

STATUS

Reflects associations of each selected entity with Status definitions. For MODIFY actions: REPLACE (default) replaces all existing Status associations with those specified in the remainder of the clause; REMOVE removes the existing status(es) specified in the remainder of the clause. See the following Usage for additional information.

is status

Identifies a global status for the entity. The Status must already be defined in the CCDB.

for CCId ccid is status

Identifies a Status to be associated with the entity in the context of the indicated ccid. The CCID and Status must already be defined in the CCDB.

COMment is 'comment-text'

A 1 to 60-character, user-defined remark for the ENTITY.

FORce

DELETE command only. This clause enables you to delete an ENTITY even if it has Change Log Entries (CLEs) associated with it.