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Monika Acosta
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Id like to create a nice readable data dictionary from the synonyms - that way someone who isnt an IB developer can see what measures and dimensions we have available in our environment. I found that there is a master file located at d:\ibi\srv82\home\catalog called COMASTER and it is supposed to be able to read a master file and report its content. For example you can create this procedure:

-SET &ECHO=ALL
SET SQUEEZE=ON
FILEDEF COMASTER DISK &MFDNAME
TABLE FILE COMASTER
PRINT TITLE DESCRIPTION
BY FIELDNAME
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
ENDSTYLE
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT PDF
END


And enter the brokers.mas file from ibisamp and youll get a report thats a nice PDF that describes the master itself.

I tried this with one of my master files but it seems that the COMASTER was written a long time ago and it doesnt support defines or currency display and I am sure other useful and newer features. I was wondering if anyone has come up with a solution for this.

Thanks,
Monika

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FP Mod Chuck
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Monika

SYSCOLUMN is the system table to use to generate the report you want. The master file for this can be found in the \ibi\srv81\home\catalog directory.


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Wep5622
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Slight correction, the table is named SYSCOLUM, without the trailing 'N'.

There's also SYSTABLE.

TABLE FILE SYSCOLUM
PRINT *
WHERE TBNAME EQ 'SYSCOLUM';
END


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This is wonderful. Thanks!

The only thing I couldnt get was the name I gave my dimension and measure folders in the business view. Do you guys know if that is somewhere else?


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When I look at the text of the Business View it shows those folder names as a DESCRIPTION. I was having trouble with my system and unable to try a report against that view..


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