The General Defaults menu is called with code D in the Defaults menu. Each of the functions in the menu displays one or more subsequent input screens.
This section covers the following topics:
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Function
M Maintenance options
R Redocumentation using source code
G Redocumentation using xref data
P Protection
S Synonyms
D Suppress display of products
C Miscellaneous
A Default Adabas Attributes
2 Default DB2 Attributes
I External Repositories
O Default Oracle Attributes
Function ..........
Command ===>
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The table below provides an overview of where to find a specific parameter.
| Default Parameter | Function |
|---|---|
| Adabas D | Suppress display of products |
| Adabas SQL Server | Suppress display of products |
| Adabas Vista | Suppress display of products |
| AOS | Protection |
| Current network | Miscellaneous |
| DB2 and SQL/DS | Suppress display of products |
| Default current Virtual Machine | Miscellaneous |
| Default device for ASSO, DATA | Default Adabas Attributes |
| Entire System Server | Suppress display of products |
| Error transaction in SYSDIC | Miscellaneous |
| General SQL support | Suppress display of products |
| Implementation DBnr/Fnr | Maintenance options |
| Implementation Library | Maintenance options |
| IMS | Suppress display of products |
| Informix | Suppress display of products |
| Ingres | Suppress display of products |
| Languages Allowed | Miscellaneous |
| LEASY and ISAM BS2000 | Suppress display of products |
| Modification log | Maintenance options |
| Modify description | Maintenance options |
| Modify links | Maintenance options |
| Modify owners | Maintenance options |
| Multilingual Support | Miscellaneous |
| Natural DB2 Defaults | Miscellaneous |
| Natural IMS Defaults | Miscellaneous |
| Network support | Miscellaneous |
| Old mode synonyms | Synonyms |
| Oracle | Suppress display of products |
| PC text modifiable on Mainframe | Protection |
| Position for languages | Synonyms |
| Position of '&' | Miscellaneous |
| Protect current Predict file | Protection |
| rdb | Suppress display of products |
| RMS | Suppress display of products |
| Rule in Map Editor | Protection |
| Rule in SYSDIC | Protection |
| Scan texts allowed | Protection |
| Start in the NDB/Start in logical | Miscellaneous |
| Static SQL XREF | Miscellaneous |
| Store user ID of modifier | Maintenance options |
| Sybase | Suppress display of products |
| SYSDB2 utility | Protection |
| SYSDDM utility | Protection |
| Unique DBnr/Fnr | Miscellaneous |
| Upper/Lower-case | Miscellaneous |
| Use Software AG Editor for outputs | Miscellaneous |
| Use userview for update | Maintenance options |
| VSAM | Suppress display of products |
The Maintenance Options screen is displayed with code M in the General Defaults menu.
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Implementation Library .........* A Allowed
Implementation DBNR/FNR ........* A Allowed
Use userview for update ......... N (Y,N)
Modification log
Modify links .................. Y (Y,N)
Modify owners ................. Y (Y,N)
Modify description ............ Y (Y,N)
Store user ID of modifier ..... Y (Y,N)
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
Note:
The default setting of all these parameters is
Y. The display of this information can be
suppressed with the Output Options parameter
Display modifier of the session profile. See the section Predict User
Interface in the Introduction to Predict
documentation.
The Redocumentation Using Source Code / Using XRef Data screens are displayed with the code R or G in the General Defaults menu.
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Mark with 'X' the options which may be modified by the user.
Processing option
X Processing option ..........* L List only
X Link to system ..............
Naming option
X Program ID prefix ...........
X Lib.name as sec.prefix ...... Y (Y/N)
Contents of documentation Implementation pointer
X Abstract ...................* S Statistics X Library ..... Y (Y/N)
X Description ................* B Header comment X Fnr ......... Y (Y/N)
X Replace/append description .. R (R/A) X DBnr ........ Y (Y/N)
X Program list ...............* U Update
X File list ..................* U Update
X Default owner ...............
X First default keyword .......
Second default keyword ......
Handle /* in columns 1+2 as comment or as remark .. C (C/R)
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
These defaults are used by the program maintenance function Redocument program. The individual parameters are described in Specifying the Redocument Parameters of section Program in the Predefined Object Types in Predict documentation.
Individual input fields can be protected by deleting the preceding X.
Protected default values cannot be overwritten by the user, and protected fields are skipped when positioning the cursor with TAB in the Redocument program function.
The Protection screen is displayed with code P in the General Defaults screen.
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SYSDDM utility ..................* C Connected
AOS .............................* C Connected
SYSDB2 utility ..................* I Incorporate
Rule in map editor ..............* N No check is performed
Rule in SYSDIC ..................* N No check is performed
Scan texts allowed ..............* A All allowed
PC text modifiable on Mainframe .. N (Y,N)
Protect current Predict file ..... N (Y,N)
DBnr of NSC file ...............
Fnr of NSC file ................
Password .......................
Cipher .........................
Delete Documentation with deletion
of Natural member in NDV ....... Y (Y,N)
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
| Parameters | |||||
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| SYSDDM utility | Determines whether SYSDDM can be used to perform tasks that can be solved with Predict or with SYSDDM. SYSDDM functions not available in Predict are always unprotected. | ||||
| A | Allowed: all SYSDDM functions can be executed. | ||||
| D | Disallowed: SYSDDM functions that solve tasks which can be solved with Predict cannot be executed. | ||||
| C | Connected: functions of SYSDDM that solve tasks which can be solved with Predict cannot be executed for DDMs connected to Predict files. | ||||
| If SYSDDM utility is set to D or C, SYSDDM rejects attempts to modify DDMs with the message: "Function disallowed according to Predict definition". | |||||
| AOS | Determines whether AOS can be used to perform tasks that can be solved with Predict or with AOS. AOS functions not available in Predict are always unprotected. | ||||
| A | Allowed: all AOS functions can be executed. | ||||
| D | Disallowed: functions of AOS that solve tasks that can be solved with Predict cannot be executed. | ||||
| C | Connected: functions of AOS that solve tasks that can be solved with Predict cannot be executed for physical files which are connected to Predict files. | ||||
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| SYSDB2 utility | Determines whether SYSDB2 can be used to perform tasks that can be solved with Predict or with SYSDB2. SYSDB2 functions not available in Predict are always unprotected. | ||||
| A | Allowed: all SYSDB2 functions can be executed. | ||||
| D | Disallowed: the
following SYSDB2 functions cannot be executed:
Note: |
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| I | Incorporate: all SYSDB2
functions can be executed outside of Predict. If one of the following
statements is submitted to DB2, an automatic incorporation in Predict is
performed:
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| Rule in Map Editor /Rule in SYSDIC |
The parameters Rule in map editor/Rule in SYSDIC are used to control who may modify free processing rules (documented as Predict objects of type Verification) and where rules can be modified. Natural Security must be installed if you want to use Rule in map editor options Y and F (see below). The protection mechanism for free rules activated with the parameters Rule in map editor/Rule in SYSDIC evaluates the verification attribute modifier. See the section Verification in the Predefined Object Types in Predict documentation. |
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| Rule in map editor | Specifies how free rules are protected in the Natural map editor. | ||||
| Y | Only users specified as modifiers in the Predict verification objects may change a free rule. If no modifier is specified, any user can modify a rule. | ||||
| N | No check is performed. | ||||
| F | Force: Predict verifications must have at least one modifier. Only users specified as modifiers may change a rule. | ||||
| D | Disallowed: Free
processing rules may not be modified in the Natural map editor. Modify free
rules in SYSDIC and then regenerate them.
Note: |
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| Rule in SYSDIC | Specifies how free rules are protected in Predict. | ||||
| Y | Only users specified as modifiers in the Predict verification objects may change a rule. If no modifier is specified, any user may modify a verification object. | ||||
| N | No check is performed. | ||||
| F | Force: Predict verifications must have at least one modifier. Only users specified as modifiers may change a rule. | ||||
| Scan texts allowed |
A text string can be specified for any selection operation which can be limited by Restrictions. Only objects containing this string in one or more of the following are evaluated:
Default values for restrictions are defined in the section Restriction of the profile. See Restrictions in the section Predict User Interface in the Introduction to Predict documentation. The table below lists the possible values for this parameter. A tick indicates that the user has the possibility of scanning Abstracts/Descriptions/Rules/IDs for the specified text string. |
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| Code | Abstracts | Descriptions | Rules | IDs | |
| D | |||||
| A | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| C | Y | ||||
| S | Y | Y | |||
| T | Y | Y | |||
| J | Y | Y | |||
| N | Y | Y | Y | ||
| E | Y | Y | Y | ||
| P | Y | Y | Y | ||
| O | Y | ||||
| U | Y | Y | |||
| L | Y | Y | |||
| Q | Y | Y | Y | ||
| R | Y | ||||
| M | Y | Y | |||
| I | Y | ||||
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| PC text modifiable on Mainframe | Y | PC texts for which a binary text exists can also be modified on the mainframe. The binary text is deleted. | |||
| Protect current Predict file | Y |
Your Predict environment is to be protected with Predict Security. See the Predict Security documentation for more information. Note: If this parameter is set to Y and no Fnr or DBnr is specified for the Natural Security file with the parameters below, the user exit U-SEC is called. This user exit is delivered in source form and allows you to define your own security checks. See the section User Exits in this documentation, and also section Protecting Predict with other Security Systems in the Predict Security documentation. The following parameters are only applicable if Protect current Predict file is set to Y. |
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| DBnr/Fnr of NSC file | Database and file number of the Natural Security file containing the security definitions. | ||||
| Password/Cipher | Password and cipher of Natural Security file containing the security definitions (if applicable). | ||||
| Delete documentation with deletion of Natural member in NDV | Y | If a Natural member in a Natural Development Server (NDV) environment is deleted, the corresponding documentation is also deleted. | |||
The Synonyms screen is displayed with code S in the General Defaults menu.
Up to 10 language-specific synonyms can be specified for any Predict object of type field. The order of storage and display of synonyms is as shown in the screen below.
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Old mode synonyms ..... N (Y,N)
Position for languages
Natural ............. 1 (1-9)
COBOL ............... 2 (1-9)
PL1 ................. 3 (1-9)
BAL ................. 4 (1-9)
FORTRAN ............. 5 (1-9)
Pascal .............. 6 (1-9)
ADA ................. 7 (1-9)
C ................... 8 (1-9)
User specific ....... 9 (1-9)
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
| Parameters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position for languages |
The digits in these fields specify the sequence in which the language-specific synonyms of fields are stored and presented in maintenance and retrieval functions. The category User specific can be used to specify synonyms for any other language not contained in the list. |
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| Old mode synonyms | This option is only provided for compatibility with old versions of Predict. | |||
| N | Default setting. Compatibility with old versions is not required. | |||
| Y | Up to 90 synonyms can be defined as Natural synonyms. These create additional entries in the DDM which have the same attributes as the original object but different names. | |||
Products that are not installed can be suppressed in Predict selection windows by specifying Y in the respective input field of the screen above. The Suppress display of products screen is displayed with code D in the General Defaults screen.
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Suppress display of product
DB2 and SQL/DS ........................ N (Y,N)
rdb ................................... N (Y,N)
VSAM .................................. N (Y,N)
IMS ................................... N (Y,N)
Adabas SQL Server ..................... N (Y,N)
General SQL support ................... N (Y,N)
Entire System Server .................. N (Y,N)
Adabas Vista .......................... N (Y,N)
RMS ................................... N (Y,N)
LEASY and ISAM BS2000 ................. N (Y,N)
Oracle ................................ N (Y,N)
Informix .............................. N (Y,N)
Sybase ................................ N (Y,N)
Ingres ................................ N (Y,N)
Adabas D .............................. N (Y,N)
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
If a Predict object specific to one of the products above exists (for example a dataspace object for DB2 or SQL/DS), a product cannot be suppressed. The input field in the Suppress Display of Products screen is then protected.
If no product-specific objects exist, the default value for this parameter is Y.
Even if a product is suppressed, the following functions/utilities can create Predict objects specific to this product.
Coordinator
Conversion utility
Predict Case Schema Generator
Incorporation functions (when accessing a Predict system file using another Natural nucleus where the product is installed)
Maintenance functions (when accessing a Predict system file using another Natural nucleus where the product is installed)
If objects for a suppressed product are added to the dictionary with one of the above functions/utilities, the respective Suppress display of products flag is automatically set to N.
Note:
If Adabas Vista is set to Y, Predict assumes that Adabas Vista
is not available at your installation. In this case the physical DBnr and the
logical DBnr are equal. The Logical distribution type of a file can only be
blank (simple file), E (expanded) or N (PROPAGATOR). All databases are isolated
or local. The flag can be set to Y only if Adabas Vista is not
installed.
The two Miscellaneous screens are displayed with code C in the General Defaults screen.
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Multilingual support Upper/lower case
Multilingual support .. N (Y,N) Object ID ...........* U Upper case
Position of '&' ....... (2-9) Description .........* L Lower case
Abstract ............* L Lower case
Allowed languages Edit mask ...........* L Lower case
01 N 02 N 03 N 04 N 05 N 06 N 07 N 08 N Natural header ......* L Lower case
09 N 10 N 11 N 12 N 13 N 14 N 15 N 16 N Adabas short names ..* L Lower case
17 N 18 N 19 N 20 N 21 N 22 N 23 N 24 N
25 N 26 N 27 N 28 N 29 N 30 N 31 N 32 N Natural for IMS defaults
33 N 34 N 35 N 36 N 37 N 38 N 39 N 40 N Start in the NDB ..... NA
41 N 42 N 43 N 44 N 45 N 46 N 47 N 48 N Start in logical ..... HA
49 N 50 N 51 N 52 N 53 N 54 N 55 N 56 N
57 N 58 N 59 N 60 N Natural for DB2 defaults
Static SQL XREF ....* Y Yes
Error Transaction in SYSDIC ..........
Use Software AG Editor for outputs ... Y (Y,N)
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
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Network support
Unique DBnr/Fnr ................... N (Y,N)
Current network ..................* HOME
Default current virtual machine ..* HOME
Occurrence completion for Generation
Periodic group .................... 99
Multiple value field .............. 191
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
| Parameters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Multilingual Support | Y |
Multilingual Maps (see the section Natural Map Editor in your Natural Editors documentation) are to be supported by the Predict Retrieval functions. If Multilingual support is set to Y, at least two languages must be allowed. |
| Position of '&' | The position of the language code in any map name. If 9 is specified, the last character of any map name is interpreted as the language code of the map name. | |
| Allowed languages |
Enter Y after the numeric code to activate the languages to be supported. The parameter Multilingual support (see above) must be set to Y, and at least two languages must be allowed. The code corresponds to the Natural system variable *LANGUAGE: |
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| 1 | English | |
| 2 | German | |
| 3 | French | |
| 4 | Spanish | |
| 5 | Italian | |
| 6 | Dutch | |
| 7 | Turkish | |
| 8 | Danish | |
| 9 | Norwegian | |
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For a complete list of all supported languages, see System Variables - *LANGUAGE in the Natural System Variables documentation. |
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| Error transaction in SYSDIC | The transaction (Natural
program) specified must exist and be coded according to the rules of a Natural
error transaction. Predict will execute the Natural statement *ERROR-TA=transaction-name Even if Natural Security is installed, this transaction will override the error transaction specified in Natural Security! |
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| Use Software AG Editor for outputs |
With this version of Predict, output from a retrieval operation is placed in an Software AG Editor session as standard. This editor offers a variety of advantages when handling retrieval output. See the section Editors in Predict in the Predict Reference documentation. |
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| Y |
Default. Software AG Editor is called for further processing of output from the following functions:
|
|
| N |
The result of a retrieval operation is output as in
earlier versions of Predict. |
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| Upper/Lower case | U |
Attribute values are converted to upper case. |
| L |
The following attribute values will be stored in upper/lower case as entered:
|
|
| All other types of
attributes are always converted to upper case.
Note:
Note: Note: |
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| Natural IMS Defaults | ||
| Start in the NDB | The first field short
name that Predict will allocate for an IMS field. For example: if this value is NA, IMS fields are allocated field short names in the range from NA to Z9. |
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| Start in logical | The first field short
name that Predict will allocate to a user-defined field for a logical child
segment. For example: if this value is HA and Start in the NDB is set to NA, user-defined fields of logical child segments are allocated field short names in the range from HA to M9. |
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| Natural DB2 Defaults | ||
| Static SQL XREF | Y |
XRef data is generated by the Natural DB2 utility SQLGEN. |
| N |
No XRef data is generated. |
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| F |
Force. XRef data is generated and the Natural DB2 utility SQLGEN checks whether any program processed is documented by a Predict program object of subtype Q (Static SQL). |
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| Network support | ||
| Unique DBnr/Fnr | Y |
Any DBnr/Fnr specified must be unique throughout a network. |
| Current network | Network of the Natural
environment. All virtual machines linked to the same network can be accessed
from the current virtual machine.
Note: |
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| Default current Virtual Machine | The default current
virtual machine is used as follows:
Note: Note: |
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| Occurrence completion for Generation | ||
| Periodic group |
Specify a value by which missing occurences of periodic groups are completed. If the value given is 0 or is not consistent with the given Adabas version, Predict assumes the maximum occurrences according to the given Adabas version. In all other cases Predict replaces the missing occurrences by the values given. If you specify values between 1 and 191, no MUPEX setting will be generated in the functions GENERATE ADACMP and GENERATE FDT when working with Adabas Version 8. |
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| Multiple value field |
Specify a value by which missing occurences of multiple value fields are completed. If the value given is 0 or is not consistent with the given Adabas version, Predict assumes the maximum occurrences according to the given Adabas version. In all other cases Predict replaces the missing occurrences by the values given. If you specify values between 1 and 191, no MUPEX setting will be generated in the functions GENERATE ADACMP and GENERATE FDT when working with Adabas Version 8. |
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The Default Adabas Attributes screen is displayed with code A in the General Defaults screen. The parameters entered here are set as default values in the corresponding file maintenance screen if new Adabas files are added.
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Required attributes
Min ISN ............. 1
Max ISN ............. 667
Device Cylinder Blocks Padding factor Max 2. alloc
*----- ---------- ---------- -------------- ------------
ASSO 3380 UI 1 10
NI 1
DATA 3380 DS 1 10
Loading attributes Loading attributes
Max recl. ........... One AC extent .......... N (Y,N)
ISN reusage ......... N (Y,N) DS reusage ............. Y (Y,N)
User ISN ............ N (Y,N) Mixed DS device ........ Y (Y,N)
MORE: Attributes: N |
For detailed information on the attribute settings see Modifying Adabas Attributes in the section File in the Predefined Object Types in Predict documentation.
The Default DB2 Attributes screen is displayed with code 2 in the General Defaults screen. The parameters entered here are set as default values in the corresponding DB2 object type maintenance screens if new DB2 object types are added.
These values are also set as physical attributes for <Default Server>, even if you have chosen a different SQL server in your profile.
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Plan 0 - Default DB2 Attributes -
Function
J Default Storagespace Attributes
B Default Database Attributes
E Default DB2 Mainframe Tablespace Attributes
O Default DB2 Open Systems Tablespace Attributes
L Default SQL/DS DBspace Attributes
T Default Table Attributes
I Default Index Attributes
H Default Procedure Attributes
F Default Function Attributes
Function ..........
Command ===>
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Help Next Stop Last LnkEl Flip Print Impl AdmFi SelFi Prof Main |
For detailed information on the attribute settings see the sections Database (Type D), Dataspace, Field (Type D), File (Type D), File (Type E), File (Type MT), Database function, Procedure and Storagespace in the Predefined Object Types in Predict documentation.
The External Repositories screen is displayed with code I in the General Defaults screen. The parameters entered here are set as default values in the LIST XREF, referenced members and referenced programs functions.
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Attributes
1 Name .. DEMO * N
2 Name .. DEMO2 N
3 Name .. DEVELOPMENT * N
4 Name .. FSDA N
5 Name .. N
6 Name .. N
7 Name .. N
8 Name .. N
9 Name .. N
10 Name .. N
11 Name .. N
12 Name .. N
13 Name .. N
14 Name .. N
15 Name .. N
16 Name .. N
Test access .. N (Y/N)
For HELP enter '?' in the first field. |
Enter a name for each external repository.
If you enter Y in the Attributes field, a screen displaying the detailed attributes of the selected external repository is shown. The following parameters in the attributes screen apply to external repositories.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| URL | URL of the CentraSite repository. |
| User | User ID used to access the CentraSite repository. |
| Password | Password used to access the CentraSite repository. |
If you enter Y in the Test access field, the access to all repositories defined is tested and a cumulated test report is displayed. For example, if you entered Y in the Test access field of the above screen, you would test the access to the repositories DEMO, DEMO2, DEVELOPMENT and FSDA.
The Default Oracle Attributes screen is displayed with code O in the General Defaults screen. The parameters entered here are set as default values in the corresponding Oracle object type maintenance screens if new Oracle object types are added.
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Function
T Default Table Attributes
I Default Index Attributes
Function ..........
Command ===>
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For detailed information on the attribute settings see the sections File (Type OT) and File (Type OV) in the Predefined Object Types in Predict documentation.