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Automatic Layout and Format by Default

The data structure diagram that is generated with automatic layout and default formats is quite likely to meet all of your requirements, and it is very easy to generate.

To generate a diagram automatically and by default, you specify the name of the schema or subschema to be represented using the PROCESS statement, the rest is up to CA IDMS Schema Mapper. The normal information found in the CA IDMS dictionary and CA IDMS Schema Mapper's sophisticated record layout algorithms are used to draw the diagram.

CA IDMS Schema Mapper automatically places record blocks and indexes in the data structure diagram and draws set connections. Default format specifications identify the text to be included in record blocks, sets, and indexes, with the format for record blocks applying to the records as they appear in the data structure diagram. Default specifications are used to identify sets and indexes by number in the data structure diagram, so the specifications for their formats apply to their appearance in the Cross-Reference Report. By using optional parameter statements, you can include the set text in the data structure diagram and record text in the Cross-Reference Report.