5. FILES › 5.2 IDMS Data Element Naming Conventions
5.2 IDMS Data Element Naming Conventions
The data elements for CA MICS database components follow
naming conventions that indicate whether they are standard or
common data elements. The first three characters of a
standard data element's name identify the file in which it is
defined. The following chart gives the three-character
prefix with which standard data element names begin and the
files in which they are contained.
IDMS Information Area
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| File Name | File | Names Begin With |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| | | |
| IDMS Application Unit | IDMSAC | SAC |
| Counts File | | |
| IDMS Application Unit | IDMSAU | SAU |
| Activity File | | |
| IDMS System Calendar File | IDMSCL | SCL |
| IDMS System Incident File | IDMSIN | SIN |
| IDMS System Activity File | IDMSSY | SSY |
| IDMS User Activity File | IDMSUA | SUA |
| | | |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
Common data elements do not use a data element prefix. They
have a common definition across database information areas
or across files within an information area. The following
chart shows the common data elements which occur in multiple
files in the IDMS Analyzer and the files in which they are
used.
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| Multiple File Data Elements Table (IDM) |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| S S S S S S |
| Element A A C I S U |
| C U L N Y A |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| CPUMODEL * X X X X X X |
| DAY * X X X X X X |
| DAYNAME * X X X X X X |
| DURATION * X X X X X X |
| ENDTS * X X X X X X |
| HOUR * X X X X X X |
| IDMACTx X X |
| IDMAPU X X |
| IDMSID X X X X X X |
| IDMTYPE X X X X X X |
| INTERVLS * X |
| MICSVER * X X X X X X |
| MONTH * X X X X X X |
| ORGSYSID * X X X X X X |
| STARTTS * X X X X X X |
| SYSID * X X X X X X |
| TRANTYPE * X X X |
| WEEK * X X X X X X |
| YEAR * X X X X X X |
| ZONE * X X X X X X |
| |
+--------------------------------------------------------+
* - This element is used in multiple components. Please
refer to the Database Structure and Content Guide for
more details.
