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Data Dictionary global access ICR (4634)

Data Dictionary global access    ICR (4634)

Name Value
NUMBER 4634
IA # 4634
GLOBAL ROOT DD(
DATE CREATED 2005/03/07
CUSTODIAL PACKAGE VA FILEMAN
USAGE Private
TYPE File
DBIC APPROVAL STATUS APPROVED
NAME Data Dictionary global access
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 
to request the reading of the ^DD global to quickly
search for files that are  "VUID-enhanced."

Users of the new VUID Kernel-Toolkin api have a subroutine to search for
terms/concepts when given the VUID # and some filter parameters.

When the "file" filter is not defined, the search must quickly look into every
VistA file to look for the term.
GLOBAL REFERENCE
GLOBAL REFERENCE GLOBAL DESCRIPTION
DD(D0, 
To loop through all file/subfile numbers in VistA as
described in the details section.
DD(D0,99.991 
To determine the existence of  VUID-related fields.
Field 99.991 is one of several fields that contain VUID-related data.
STATUS Active
KEYWORDS
  • DATA DICTIONARY
  • VUID
  • DD
DURATION Till Otherwise Agreed
ID DD(
SUBSCRIBING PACKAGE
SUBSCRIBING PACKAGE SUBSCRIBING DETAILS
TOOLKIT 
The new Toolkit API for managing VUID-related data has
a subroutine to search for terms/concepts when given the VUID # and some
filter parameters.

When the "file" filter is not defined, the search must quickly look into every
VistA file to look for the term.

sample code:

. S FL=0
. F  S FL=$O(^DIC(FL)) Q:'FL  D
. . Q:'$D(^DD(FL,99.991))
. . Q:FL=8985.1
. . S CTX("SOURCE FILE#")=FL
. . S CTX("TERM FILE#")=FL
. . S CTX("TERM FIELD#")=.01
. . D SRCHTRMS^XTIDTBL(.CTX,VUID,XTCARR,MASTER)
. ;