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Building qfiles

You can build qfiles either of two ways:

• Manually through IDD
• Automatically in CA OLQ

Note: For the syntax required to build qfiles in IDD, see the CA IDMS IDD Quick Reference Guide.

To build qfiles in CA OLQ you need only create a report in menu mode or command mode, and then issue a SAVE QFILE qfile-name command. CA OLQ automatically creates a qfile containing the commands necessary to rebuild that report.

When you save a qfile with the SAVE QFILE command, the qfile is stored in the data dictionary.

In CA OLQ, you can replace, delete, and save a qfile. The commands that allow you to maintain qfiles in command mode include:

• SAVE QFILE qfile-name
• SAVE QFILE qfile-name REPLACE
• DELETE QFILE qfile-name

In IDD, you can add, modify, and delete qfiles. The commands that allow you to maintain qfiles in IDD include:

• ADD QFILE NAME IS qfile-name VERSION IS version-number
• MODIFY QFILE NAME IS qfile-name VERSION IS version-number
• DELETE QFILE NAME IS qfile-name VERSION IS version-number