Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Methods for updating database dictionary records
- Automatic update of database dictionary records
- Automatic update of RDBMS data when database dictionary records change
- Add a field to an existing database dictionary record
- Import RDBMS columns into an existing database dictionary record
- Modify field types character (scalar) to array
- Modify field types: single to concatenated
- Regen a database dictionary
- Search for a field in a database dictionary
- Update an existing database dictionary record
- Update the data type of a database dictionary field
- Rename a database dictionary
Rename a database dictionary
Applies to User Roles:
System Administrator
After you create a database dictionary, you can do one of the following:
- Change the name of the dictionary.
- Change the name of one or more of the files sent with the base system.
For example, you can rename the communications file to interactions. This changes the file name but retains all of the field and key definitions in the dictionary.
If records exist in the file, renaming the dictionary associates all of the records with the new dictionary name. This differs from copying a file because it takes only a few seconds to perform this function.
Database dictionary names must be one word. No blanks and no special delimiters are allowed.
You can rename a database dictionary by using System Definition or by using the Database Dictionary utility. Choose one of the following methods to rename a database dictionary.
By using System Definition
To rename a database dictionary using System Definition:
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On the System Navigation, click System Definition > Tables > file_name.
Note: You can type the first letter of a table name to jump to that alphabetic section. For example, type
oto jump to the oncall table. Double-click a table to open it. - Click Rename.
- Type the desired file name in the Rename To text box.
- Click OK. Service Manager displays the following message: File renamed from <old name> to <new name>.
By using the Database Dictionary utility
To rename a database dictionary using the Database Dictionary utility:
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Open the old dbdict using the Database Dictionary utility.
Click Tailoring > Database Dictionary.
- Open the More Actions menu and click Copy/Rename.
- Type the desired file name in the New Name text box.
- Select the Rename option.
- Click OK. The renamed database dictionary opens with the following message in the status bar: Dbdict successfully renamed.
- Click OK to exit the record and save the file with the new name.
Related topics
Access the Database Dictionary utility
