Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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DICTDBM Commands
Show
Show
Shows all the relationships for an entity and the associations for child entities.
Syntax
[option] SHOW subcommand S
Use the SHOW command to display the hierarchical relationship for an entity and the
association information for child entities. Relationships are established using the RELATE
command and associations are established using the ADD command.
The subcommand identifies the entity to be displayed. For example, the subcommands
LOCATION and CLASS show the association information for a location and class. The
subcommands CATEGORY, PROCEDURE, FILE, and GROUP show the relationship and
the association information for their respective entities. The subcommand ELEMENT
shows only the relationship information for the element.
The relationship information is displayed as a tree structure from the point of entry down.
After the parent entity name is displayed, each child is displayed in the order in which the
child was related to the parent. Data elements associated with each child can also be
displayed depending on your response to the prompt to do so. If you choose to display the
data elements, an asterisk (*) will appear next to an element to indicate that it is a key or
search element within that file. The PRINT option can be used with the command string to
redirect what is shown by this command to the line printer. Description information will be
printed in addition to the information normally displayed on the terminal. The description
information is the information that was entered when the relationship or association was
made.
Subcommands
Any of the following subcommands can be used with the SHOW command:
CATEGORY shows all the relationships for a category plus associated
data elements where applicable
CLASS shows all the associations for a user security class and all
the related child classes plus all associated groups.
ELEMENT shows all the relationships for a data element
FILE shows all the relationships and links for a file plus
associated data elements where applicable
GROUP shows all the relationships for an HP Inform group plus
associated data elements where applicable and access
information for the group
LOCATION shows all the associations for a location
PROCEDURE shows all the relationships for a procedure plus associated
data elements where applicable