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Another format for listing a file's attributes is the Condensed format, and the following example illustrates a Condensed data dictionary listing:
CONDENSED DATA DICTIONARY---PATIENT FILE (#16026)UCI: VAH,KXX
STORED IN: ^DIZ(16026, 05/31/91 PAGE 1
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FILE SECURITY
DD SECURITY : # DELETE SECURITY: #
READ SECURITY : # LAYGO SECURITY : #
WRITE SECURITY : #
CROSS REFERENCED BY:
NAME(B)
FILE STRUCTURE
FIELD FIELD
NUMBER NAME
.01 NAME (RF), [0;1]
1 SEX (RS), [0;2]
2 DATE OF BIRTH (RD), [0;3]
3 RELIGION (P13'), [0;4]
4 DIAGNOSIS (Multiple-16026.04), [1;0]
.01 DIAGNOSIS (MF), [0;1]
1 AGE AT ONSET (NJ3,0), [0;2]
2 HISTORY (Multiple-16026.42), [1;0]
.01 HISTORY (W), [0;1]
5 PROVIDER (V), [2;1]
6 SSN (RFa), [2;2] The codes in parentheses following the field names in the Condensed data dictionary contain information regarding the specifications of the field.
Here is a complete list of those codes and their meanings:
| Code | Description |
| a | The field has been marked for auditing all the time. |
| e | The auditing is only on edit or delete. |
| A | For Multiples, new subentries can be added without being asked. |
| BC | The data is Boolean computed (true or false) and C the data is computed. |
| Cm | The data is Multiline computed. |
| D | The data is date-valued. |
| DC | The data is date-valued, computed. |
| F | The data is FREE TEXT. |
| I | The data is uneditable. |
| Jn | To specify a print length of "n" characters. |
| Jn,d | To specify printing "n" characters with "d" decimals. |
| K | The data is M code. |
| M | For Multiples, the user is asked for another subentry. |
| N | The data is NUMERIC-valued. |
| O | The field has an OUTPUT transform. |
| Pn | The data is a POINTER TO A FILE reference to file "n". |
| Pn' | LAYGO to the pointed-to file is not allowed. |
| R | Entry of data is required. |
| S | The data is from a discreet SET OF CODES. |
| V | The data is a VARIABLE-POINTER. |
| W | The data is WORD-PROCESSING. |
| WL | The WORD-PROCESSING data is normally printed in line mode (i.e., without word wrap). |
| X | Editing is not allowed under the Modify File Attributes option, because the INPUT transform has been modified under the Utility Functions submenu. |
| * | There is a screen associated with a POINTER TO A FILE, VARIABLE-POINTER, or SET OF CODES DATA TYPEs. |
For example, the SSN field is required (R), is FREE TEXT (F), and is audited (a).
Reviewed/Updated: March 4, 2007