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.


VCA Information Area

+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| File Name                  |  File  | Names Begin With |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| Data Set Allocation        | VCADAA | DAA              |
| VSAM Data Set Allocation   | VCA_VS | DAA (see Note)   |
| Volume Allocation          | VCAVOA | VOA              |
| Data Class Summary         | VCADCS | DAA (see Note)   |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+


DFHSM Inventory Primary Information Area

+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| File Name                  |  File  | Names Begin With |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| Migrated Data              | HSMMIG | MIG              |
| Volume Planning            | HSMVOL | VOL              |
| Tape Planning              | HSMTAP | TAP              |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+

DFHSM Inventory Backup Information Area

+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| File Name                  |  File  | Names Begin With |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+
| BACKUP Data                | HSBBAC | BAC              |
+----------------------------+--------+------------------+

NOTE:  The VCA_VS and VCADCS files 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.