Documentation in the Master and Access Files
The generated Master and Access Files contain several commented entries. These
comments are provided for your convenience and are not used by FOCUS. Comments may
optionally be excluded from the files with a menu option. Comments are provided for:
- The user ID, date, and time of creation (included in both the Master and Access Files).
- The ADABAS filename for each file described.
- Fields not supported by the ADABAS Interface.
- The complete Predict dictionary fieldname, ADABAS format, and length. These comments are useful when truncating the fieldname.
- The maximum number of occurrences for PE and MU repeating fields.
- Duplicate fieldnames with the number of times that the field is encountered and the segments in which they are found.
- The component fields of superdescriptors that are composed of partial fields (described with the NOP type). The start and end positions of the partial fields are also included as comments.