VA FileMan Programmer Manual: FIELDLST^DID( )

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Database Server (DBS) API

FIELDLST^DID(): DD Field List Retriever

Reference Type	Category	ICR #
Supported	Database Server (DBS)	2052

Description

The FIELDLST^DID API returns a list of field-level attributes that are supported by VA FileMan. It shows specifically which attributes the data dictionary (DD) field list retriever calls can return.

Format

FIELDLST^DID(target_root)

Input Parameter

TARGET_ROOT

(Required) The root of an output array.

Output Parameter

TARGET_ROOT

The descendants of the array root are subscripted by the attribute names. "WP" nodes indicate that the attribute consists of a WORD-PROCESSING field.

Example

Figure 162 is a partial capture of what is returned:

Figure 162: FIELDLST^DID API—Example: Input and Output

    >D FIELDLST^DID("TEST")

    >ZW TEST
    TEST("AUDIT")=
    TEST("AUDIT CONDITION")=
    TEST("COMPUTE ALGORITHM")=
    TEST("COMPUTED FIELDS USED")=
         .
         .
         .

Error Codes Returned

None.

Reviewed/Updated: May 2026