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 charts list the three-character prefixes with
which the standard data element names begin and the files in
which they are contained.

Batch Information Area

+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| File Name                  |  File  | Names Begin With |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| Batch Information Area     |        |                  |
|                            |        |                  |
| Batch User Job Activity    | BATJOB |  JOB             |
| Batch User Job Suspend     | BAT_JS |  JOB (See Note)  |
| Batch User Program Activity| BATPGM |  PGM             |
| SMF User TSO Activity      | BAT_TS |  PGM (See Note)  |
| System Task Program        | BAT_ST |  PGM (See Note)  |
|    Activity                |        |                  |
| System Address Space       | BAT_SA |  PGM (See Note)  |
|    Activity                |        |                  |
| APPC/MVS TP Activity       | BAT_TP |  PGM (See Note)  |
| Open Edition/MVS Program   | BAT_OE |  PGM (See Note)  |
| APPC/MVS Transaction       | BATATP |  ATP             |
| Batch User Spool Activity  | BATSPL |  SPL             |
| Open Edition/MVS Process   | BATOEP |  OEP             |
|    Activity                |        |                  |
| Multisystem Enclave        | BATREN |  REN             |
|    Activity                |        |                  |
| Measured Usage Address     | BATMUA |  MUA             |
|    Space                   |        |                  |
| Measured Usage Global      | BATMUG |  MUG             |
| Batch Workload Device      | BATWDA |  WDA             |
|    Activity                |        |                  |
| Job Account Derivation Hold| BATSFH |  Various         |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+

Operations Information Area

+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| File Name                  |  File  | Names Begin With |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
|                            |        |                  |
| Operations Incident        | OPSOPI |      OPI         |
| Operations Configuration   | OPSCON |      CON         |
| System Availability        | OPSAVL |      AVL         |
| Operations Change Tracking | OPSCTF |      CTF         |
|                            |        |                  |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+

NOTE:  The files containing an underscore (_) are called
       parallel files because they contain the same elements
       as another file.  For these files, the first three
       characters of the data element names are not the same
       as the last three characters of the file name.

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 under Sequence/Summary Data
Elements and Common Data Elements in the Data Elements List
sections that follow.