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    |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+
| System Activity File                |  IMSISY |    ISY    |
| User Activity File                  |  IMSISU |    ISU    |
| User Activity File - Fastpath       |  IMS_IS |    ISU    |
| Application Unit Activity File      |  IMSIAU |    IAU    |
| Application Unit Activity File -    |  IMS_IA |    IAU    |
|   Fastpath                          |         |           |
| User Application Unit Count File    |  IMSIAC |    IAC    |
| Incident File                       |  IMSINC |    INC    |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+

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 file descriptions that
follow.