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Databases

CA 7 data is loaded into a set of tables that comprise the CA 7 database. Tables have defined columns (fields) and can have relationships to other tables. Tables are physically stored in data areas (data sets). You also allocate the data area data sets.

During configuration of CA Datacom/AD for use by CA 7, you use supplied table descriptions to define the CA 7 table structures to CA Datacom/AD.

A database ID (DBID) identifies databases for different applications within a single MUF. For example, the databases for CA 11 and CA 7 can reside in the same MUF but have different DBIDs. The CA 7 database is defined as DBID 770.

You have only one CA 7 database (DBID 770) per MUF. However, CA 7 uses a logical database concept. This concept lets data for multiple CA 7 instances reside in a single MUF. If databases for multiple instances are stored in a single MUF, all instances are part of DBID 770. The instances are differentiated from each other by a logical database name. The logical database name is part of the key of each table.