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Recipient: Environment Id, Code 0.1

Definition

An environment is a database partition on the DSS mainframes. The partitions contain database records logically grouped for processing performance and to minimise impact when records need to move between environments or when environments need to be split or merged.

Components

Data Element (this item)
Recipient: Environment Id, Code

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Environment Id, Code 0.1 ".
Data Type String
Format X
Maximum character length 1
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values A ISA
B ISB
C ISC
D DV1
E IES
F AM1
G ISG
H ISH
I ISI
J ISJ
K ISK
L DV3
M ISM
N ISN
P ISP
R ISR
S ISS
T PD1
U UAF
V UAF
X UAF
Y ISY
Z WS1
1 TS1
2 TS2
3 TS3
4 TS4
5 TS5
6 TS6
7 TS7

Origin

The environments exist for efficiency of the M204 databases.

Historically, environments were based on the state of processing. This is no longer the case. An environment does not equate to a state, and can not be used interchangeably.

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Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 10
As a numerator in an Indicator 0
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0