Authority File Control System (AFCS) user's manual

The Authority File Control System (AFCS) is a series of microcomputer-based update programs for the Information Resources Organization's (IRO's) Authority File data. It is used along with other software procedures to maintain current validity data in the Authority File against which to validate data input to the K-25 engineering drawing information database managed by IRO. This AFCS user's guide provides instruction on the use of these programs and the procedures that are used to transmit the updates back to the mainframe copy of the Authority File on the K-25 IBM 4341/3083. This manual presents an overview of the validation system, describing the system's purpose; the data that it handles; functions it performs; hardware, software, and access characteristics; and help and error functions. Also described are the interactive menu-driven operation of the AFCS, backup of the system files, and packing of the database. It covers software operations that must be performed by the user to update the mainframe Authority File, such as loading the Authority File updates onto the mainframe.