5. FILES › 5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

The data elements in the CA MICS Data Base files follow
naming conventions that depend on whether they are standard
or common data elements.  Standard data elements use the
first three characters of their name to identify the file in
which they are defined.  The following chart lists the
three-character prefixes with which the CICS standard data
element names begin and the files in which they are
contained.


+--------+-------------------------------------+------------+
| File   | File Name                           |   Prefix   |
+--------+-------------------------------------+------------+
|        |                                     |            |
| CICCAC | CICS User Application Count File    |     CAC    |
| CICCAU | CICS Application Unit Activity File |     CAU    |
| CICCDC | CICS Dictionary File                |     CDC    |
| CICCIN | CICS Incident File                  |     CIN    |
| CICCSF | CICS File/DBD Activity File         |     CSF    |
| CICCSU | CICS User Activity File             |     CSU    |
| CICCSY | CICS System Activity File           |     CSY    |
| CICCMR | CICS MRO Activity File              |     CMR    |
|        |                                     |            |
+--------+-------------------------------------+------------+


Common data elements do not use a data element prefix.  They
have a common definition across data base information areas
or across files within an information area.  You will find
common data elements listed in the Sequence/Summary Data
Elements and Common Data Elements sections of the Data
Elements List that accompanies each of the file descriptions
in this chapter.