Topics:

• Access File Overview
• Access File Syntax
• Subschema Declaration Attributes
• Segment Attributes for Network Record-Types
• Index Declarations for Network Record-Types
• Dynamically Setting the DBNAME and DICTNAME

An Access File is required to translate a report request for network record-types and LRF records into the appropriate IDMS DML retrieval commands. The Access File consists of 80-character records called declarations in comma-delimited format (attribute=value). For TSO, these records may be numbered in columns 73 through 80. See Access File Syntax for more information.