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<h1 class="topictitle1">Dictionary-described data</h1>
<div><p>Either a program-described file or an externally described file
can be defined with the record format descriptions stored in
the data dictionary.</p>
<p>You can describe the record format information using interactive data definition
utility (IDDU). Even though the file is program-described, <span class="keyword">IBM<sup>®</sup> Query for iSeries™</span>, iSeries Access,
and data file utility (DFU) will use the record format description stored
in the data dictionary.</p>
<p>You can use IDDU to describe a file, then create the file using IDDU. The
file created is an externally described file. You can also move into the data
dictionary the file description stored in an externally described file. The
system always ensures that the definitions in the data dictionary and the
description stored in the externally described file are identical.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafodeffi.htm" title="This topic discusses the ways to describe records in database files.">How database files are described</a></div>
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