ASAP 2.8 Client Manual

Entity Definition Language (EDL)
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EDL - ATTRIBUTE Statement
recommends you always provide or update the version number when creating or
updating an Entity definition.
When a Version number is associated with both the Client and Server Entity
definitions, the ASAP Client validates that the two versions match on every query. If
they do not match, the Client issues a warning.
For ASAP System entities, this convention is used for Version numbers:
N.ymmdd
Where N represents the major version of the Entity, y represents the last digit of the
year, mm represents the month, and dd represents the day of the month that the entity
definition was last modified. For example, a system entity with a Version 2.01027 was
updated on 2000/10/27.
Applies to: Client and Server
Default: VERSION ““ - null
Examples
VERSION 2.01027
VERSION 2.001
EDL - ATTRIBUTE Statement
The attribute statement associates user-defined attributes with the most recently
defined entity. Since attribute statements are associated with an entity they must be
proceeded by an entity statement. Subsequent attribute statements define additional
attributes of an entity.
The notion of entity and attribute are synonymous with table and column in the SQL
data model. An entity can be thought of as a table. An attribute can be thought of as a
column in a given table.
An attribute is a user-defined property of an entity such as Node Name, or CPU
number. An attribute can also be a performance or state property such as a Status
string attribute or its associated Operational State property.
The Attribute statement syntax is:
ATTRIBUTE attribute-name
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Format <String> 6-22
Graph <Boolean> 6-23
GraphMax <Number> 6-24
Grid <Boolean> 6-24
Heading <String> 6-25
HeadPickup <Boolean> 6-25
Help <String> 6-26