5. FILES › 5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

CA MICS data elements 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 file in which they are
contained and the three-character prefix with which the
standard data element names begin.

+-----------------------------------------+---------+-------+
|                                         |         | Names |
|                                         |         | Begin |
| File Name                               |  File   | With  |
+-----------------------------------------+---------+-------+
| VMS ACCOUNTING Process Termination File |  DEAPRC |  PRC  |
| VMS ACCOUNTING Image Termination File   |  DEAIMG |  IMG  |
| VMS ACCOUNTING LOGIN Failed File        |  DEA_LF |  PRC  |
| VMS ACCOUNTING Print Queued File        |  DEAPRQ |  PRQ  |
| VMS ACCOUNTING Initialization File      |  DEAINT |  INT  |
|                                         |         |       |
| VMS MONITOR Process File                |  DEMPRO |  PRO  |
| VMS MONITOR Modes File                  |  DEMMOD |  MOD  |
| VMS MONITOR Disk File                   |  DEMDSK |  DSK  |
| VMS MONITOR SCS File                    |  DEMSCS |  SCS  |
| VMS MONITOR RMS File                    |  DEMRMS |  RMS  |
| VMS System Profile File                 |  DEMSPR |  SPR  |
|                                         |         |       |
| VMS Disk Device File                    |  DESDKD |  DKD  |
| VMS Disk Quota File (DESDKQ)            |  DESDKQ |  DKQ  |
| VMS Disk Usage File (DESDKU)            |  DESDKU |  DKU  |
| VMS Process Activity File (DESPRX)      |  DESPRX |  PRX  |
| VMS System Status File (DESSYU)         |  DESSYU |  SYU  |
+-----------------------------------------+---------+-------+

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.  You will find
common data elements listed in the Sequence/Summary Data
Elements and Common Data Elements sections of the Data
Elements Lists that accompany the following file
descriptions.