This Natural profile and session parameter is used to control Natural's internal generation of global format IDs so as to influence Adabas's performance concerning the re-usability of format buffer translations.
| Possible settings | ON |  
                               
                        Global format IDs are generated for all views. | |
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OFF |  
                               
                        Global format IDs are not generated. | ||
VID |  
                               
                        Global format IDs are generated only for views in local/global data areas, but not for views defined within programs. | ||
| Default setting | ON |  
                               
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| Dynamic specification | yes | ||
| Specification within session | yes | ||
| Applicable statements | OPTIONS |  
                               
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| Applicable Commands: | GFID option of
                                   COMPOPT.
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Note:
For details on global format IDs, see the Adabas documentation.