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Glossary
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A system-generated page that prints at the start of a Report and provides control
information about that Report.
base year
The year upon which the DATE.CONVERT; command bases relative day numbers. The
year is defined using the Primary Database Options screen and may be accessed through
the System Data item GLB.BASE. See relative day number.
Buildable LINCIIDIR
The LINC installation directory is defined by the environment variable LINCIIDIR. A
LINCIIDIR that contains the LINC object packages necessary to build LINC executables
using object packaging is a buildable LINCIIDIR. A buildable LINCIIDIR is necessary to use
object packaging to maintain your LINC environment
Bulk Option screens
A group of screens in LINC Generate that enable options for several Ispecs, Reports,
Profiles, or Global Logics to be entered together.
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CER
A Customer Engineering Request (CER) is a customer specific EIF resulting from a
customer request. CERs are handled in the same way as EIFs. See EIF.
Change Control
A method for tracking changes to LINC Specifications in LINC Generate.
Change identifier
A alphanumeric value used to identify a single user or user terminal for change control
purposes. Applies when the Change Identification option is selected for that LINC
Specification. Contrast with Patch identifier.
class
See access class, security class.
Column name
For LINC Ad Hoc Inquiry, an SQL term equivalent to data item.
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