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VIEW ID Substatement

The VIEW ID substatement establishes or removes a view of record elements. Once established, this view can be copied into one or more CA IDMS subschemas. Before issuing a VIEW ID substatement, you should ensure that all record elements identified in the view are present in the record. The following rules apply to the VIEW ID substatement:

• VIEW ID must be the last substatement coded in the RECORD statement.
• Record elements named in the view must be identified by their primary names.
• All record elements named in the view must be at the same level.
• A record element that is subordinate to an OCCURS clause cannot be included in the view.
• A REDEFINES element cannot be included in the view. If a redefined element is included, all redefining elements are automatically included in the view.
• An OCCURS DEPENDING ON record element must be the last record element in the view.
• Bit fields cannot be named.
• A record element can be named only once.
• If a group element is included, all subordinate elements are automatically included in the view. The order of group/subordinate record elements is retained.

Syntax

VIEW ID substatement

    ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
►►──▼─┬──────────┬─ VIEw ID is view-identifier ──────────────────────────────►─
      └─ REMove ─┘

  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
─►──┬─────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┴────────────────────────►◄
    │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
    └─▼─ RECord ELement is record-element-name ─┴─┘

Parameters

VIEw ID is view-identifier

Identifies a list of record elements that is to comprise a view. View-identifier must be a 1- through 32-character alphanumeric value. The VIEW ID substatement can appear any number of times in one RECORD statement. If the optional REMOVE parameter is specified, the named view is deleted.

RECord ELement is record-element-name

Identifies a record element to be added to the view. Record-element-name must be an element that exists in the named record-element structure. This clause can appear any number of times in one VIEW ID substatement.