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HP DICTIONARY TERMS
access capability -
The type of access to be given to a user security class for a file
or element, as follows:
R allows the user identified by the
security class to locate and read a
file or an element;
U allows the user identified by the
security class to read and update
values in a file or an element, except
search or sort elements;
M allows the user identified by the
security class to read, update, add to,
and delete from a file or an element;
X allows only the creator to access the
data set or data element;
account -
The name of an MPE account. (See the MPE Commands Reference
manual.)
alias -
An optional name you assign to an already defined entity for local
use in programs, groups, and files.
association -
Ties together unlike entities such as an element and a file.
AUTO -
An IMAGE automatic master data set which contains only one data item
- the search item - and is related to one or more IMAGE detail data
sets.
BASE -
detail data sets.
blocking factor -
The number of records per block; a block is the smallest unit of
data transferred by the file system.
byte position -
The starting position for a data element within a parent data
element.
category -
The name used to identify the natural relationships within an
organization or a business.
child -
An entity which is subordinately related to another entity of the
same type, such as:
CHILD CATEGORY a category that is
subordinately related
to another category;
CHILD ELEMENT a data element that
is subordinately
related to another
data element;
CHILD FILE a file that is
subordinately related
to another file;
CHILD GROUP a group that is
subordinately related
to another group;
class -
A numeric value which can be assigned to data elements for the
purpose of defining who may or may not access the file.
class-file -
A data dictionary entity to which data files can be assigned in
order to define who may or may not have access to those files.
count -
The numeric value used to identify the number of sub-elements in a
compound element.
decimal -
The number of decimal digits to allow for a numeric type data
element.
DETL -
An IMAGE detail data set.
direct link -
A link between two files, where each file contains the values of one
or more elements needed by HP Inform/3000 for a report.
driving file -
The file that HP Inform/3000 accesses first when linking files in
order to generate a report; one line of the report is generated for
each record retrieved from the driving file.
edit mask -
Text used to edit the value of data elements before displaying them.
element -
The smallest accessible unit of data in a database or file; the same
as an 'item' in IMAGE/3000.
entry text -
The textual information used by HP Inform/3000, Report/3000, and
Transact/3000 when prompting for input; if no entry text has been
specified, the primary name is used in the prompt.
file -
A collection of logically related data elements; may be an IMAGE
database or set, or a KSAM, MPE, or VPLUS file.
file-loc -
A data dictionary entity used to document the physical location of a
file.
file size -
The maximum number of records a file is allows to contain.
form-
The name used to identify a form for a VPLUS forms file.
GROUP -
A collection of data elements in the data dictionary, established
for the users of HP Inform/3000.
heading text -
The textual heading used by HP Inform/3000, Report/3000, and
Transact/3000 for labeling data elements in reports; if no heading
text has been specified, the primary name is used.
indirect link -
A link between two files, each containing elements needed by HP
Inform/3000 for a report, which is formed by linking through one or
more other files which do not contain elements needed for the
report.
key element -
Used to identify a data element which is the key in a KSAM file.
KSAM -
Refers to a KSAM file. (See the KSAM/3000 Reference Manual.)
language -
The name of the implementation language used to write a program,
procedure, or subroutine.
level -
The identifying number used to identify the position of an entity
within the hierarchical structure established with the RELATE
command; 1 is the top of the structure.
link value -
A -1, 0, or positive integer assigned to a data element which is
used to specify which elements should preferably be selected by HP
Inform/3000 to link the desired elements into a logical record for
reporting.
location -
A data dictionary entity which is used to document the physical
location of data.
lockword -
Used to provide access to an MPE or KSAM file. (See the MPE
Commands Reference Manual.)
long name -
A fuller textual name used to identify an entity.
MAST -
An IMAGE manual master data set.
measurement units -
Identifies the unit of measure of a data element, such as days,
lbs., etc.
MPEF -
An MPE file.
parent -
The name of an entity in a hierarchical structure which owns child
entities.
password -
Used to provide access to a file through a security system; also,
dictionary password - allows a certain level access to a data
dictionary.
primary -
The name given an entity when it is first created in the data
dictionary; as opposed to an alias.
procedure -
The name used to identify a system, program, or routine which is
recorded in the data dictionary.
procedure-loc
A data dictionary entity which is used to document the physical
location of a procedure.
relationship -
Ties together like entities such as a child file and a parent file.
responsibility -
The name of the person, area, or department that is responsible for
the integrity of an entity.
RETURN -
A carriage return/line feed.
search element -
Used to identify an element which is a search item in an IMAGE
master or detail data set.
type -
The attribute for a data element (X, I, etc.), file type for a file
(VPLS, MAST, KSAM, etc.), or a user-definable 4-character definition
for other entities.
VPLS -
Refers to a VPLUS forms file.