HP System Dictionary/XL SDMAIN Reference Manual (32256-90001)

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4 System Dictionary Commands

Overview

This section includes descriptions of all SDMAIN commands with their syntax, parameters, and examples.

These commands are listed alphabetically for your ease of use.

The HELP command provides a quick reference to SDMAIN commands. Using this command, you can

either get a list of all available commands, or a detailed description of a particular command.

Abbreviations for commands are allowed at any point. Appendix B lists each command and its

abbreviation.

ADD ENTITY-TYPE-ATTRIBUTE

Adds attributes to an entity type's attribute list.

Syntax

A[DD] E[NTITY-]T[YPE-]A[TTRIBUTE] entity-type-name

;A[TTRIBUTE] = attribute-name1

[,attribute-name2 ]

[,attribute-nameN ]

Parameters

entity-type-name Name of the entity type to which attributes are added.

attribute-name(N) Name of the attribute to be added.

Description

All attributes and the entity type speciﬁed must already exist in the dictionary.

You can specify any number of attributes, but the maximum number of attributes associated with an entity

type may not be more than 128. No attribute may appear more than once in an entity type's attribute list.

If you specify more than one attribute, the operation continues until the end of the attribute list, even if an

error occurs with any previous attribute.

Open Mode: Customization

Scope DA scope or any scope with extend capability

Example

The following example adds the attributes terminal-type and manufacturer to the entity type terminal.