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Key Terms

Some terms used to discuss saving a table from a report are:

Automatic System Facility (ASF)

A tool in CA IDMS/DB used to create and manage tables. You can use ASF to modify the table definition, once you have created a table using CA OLQ.

ASF Dictionary

An application dictionary used by ASF. You must be using the ASF dictionary when you are creating data tables with CA OLQ. The application dictionary contains schema definitions, subschema definitions, user information, and application definitions (such as records, maps, dialogs, and programs).

Current report

The report you're working on in an active CA OLQ session. If you retrieve a saved report, CA OLQ clears out the current report.

Table

A presentation of data as a series of rows and columns.