5. FILES › 5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

5.1 Data Element Naming Conventions

There are two types of CA MICS data elements: standard and
common.  Standard data elements are unique to a CA MICS file,
while common data elements are used by more than one CA MICS
file.

The first three characters of a standard data element's name
are the three-character file identifier to which the element
belongs.

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.  Common data
elements are listed in the Sequence/Summary Data Elements and
Common Data Elements sections of the data elements lists that
accompany the following file documentation.

The following chart lists each file's descriptive name, its
six-character file name, and the three-character standard
data element name prefix.

+---------------------------------------+---------+---------+
|                                       |  File   | Element |
| Descriptive Name                      |  Name   | Prefix  |
+---------------------------------------+---------+---------+
| UNIX Global Performance File          | AUMGPR  | GPR     |
| UNIX Application Performance File     | AUMAPP  | APP     |
| UNIX Process Activity File            | AUMKPS  | KPS     |
| UNIX Process Exception File           | AUMIPS  | IPS     |
| UNIX LAN Activity File                | AUMNIF  | NIF     |
| UNIX Disk Activity File               | AUMDDA  | DDA     |
| UNIX System and Collector Profile     | AUMMCF  | MCF     |
| UNIX Logical Volume Activity File     | AUMVLM  | VLM     |
| UNIX Business Transaction SLO Activity| AUMTTA  | TTA     |
+---------------------------------------+---------+---------+