Specifying a Data Source Name: FILENAME

The FILENAME attribute specifies the name of the data source described by the Master File. This is the first attribute specified in a Master File. You can abbreviate the FILENAME attribute to FILE.

Syntax: How to Specify a Data Source Name

FILE[NAME] = data_source_name

where:

data_source_name

Is the name of the data source that the Master File describes. The name can be a maximum of 64 characters. For information about using names greater than eight characters, see Naming a Master File.

The file name must contain at least one alphabetic character and the remaining characters can be any combination of letters, numbers, and underscores (_). The file name must start with an alphabetic character.

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Example: Specifying a Data Source Name

The following example specifies the data source name EMPLOYEE:

FILENAME = EMPLOYEE