NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Programmer's Guide

The ASSIGN and DROP Verbs
Working With Mapping Services
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Table 10-3 lists the verbs that can use an MDO variable after you explicitly create the
MDO variable using the ASSIGN verb. You must use the ASSIGN verb to create MDO
variables before use by the verbs listed in this table.
Table 10-3. Verbs That Can Use an MDO Variable After the Variable Is Created
Verb Comment
EMSSEND Sends a message from NCL to the EMS collector using the stem name you
specify.
FILE ADD Adds a record to a mapped user database (UDB) using the stem name you
specify.
FILE PUT Adds a record to or replaces a record in a mapped user database (UDB)
using the stem name you specify.
FILE PUTGET Puts a record to an operating system process using the stem name you
specify. (The PUT does not automatically create an MDO variable.)
PSEND SEND Sends a request message to a Pathway server class using the stem name
you specify.
SECCALL ADD Adds a record to the User ID Management Services (UMS) database using
the stem name you specify.
SECCALL CHANGE Changes a record in the User ID Management Services (UMS) database
using the stem name you specify.
SECCALL UPDATE Updates a record in the User ID Management Services (UMS) database
using the stem name you specify.
START Sends a message to the started NCL process using the stem name you
specify.
WRITE Can send an MDO variable to another NCL process using the stem name
you specify.
If you want to construct an MDO variable, use the ASSIGN verb with the following
syntax:
ASSIGN [ OPT=VALUE ] MDO= variable-name MAP= map-name
MDO= variable-name
specifies the stem name of an MDO variable.
MAP= map-name
specifies the name of the map to be used by Mapping Services to interpret the data
in the MDO variable when it is accessed by an NCL process.