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Device Management Utilities

Device Management Utilities

The table below summarizes the utilities for managing devices.

InterSystems IRIS Device Utilities
Action Utility Description
Define devices Device configuration in the Management Portal Allows you to define devices that users can access with the ^%IS utility. The devices are stored in the ^%IS global. You can edit and delete these device definitions. At the Devices subsection, you define devices, including mnemonics and aliases. Default devices are provided. In the Device Sub-Types subsection, you define device subtypes. Default subtypes are provided.
Define default mnemonic spaces IO configuration options in the Management Portal You can control devices with the WRITE /mnemonic command. On this panel, you enter the name of the default mnemonic spaces that InterSystems IRIS uses when executing a WRITE /mnemonic command that wasn’t preceded by an OPEN or USE command with a mnemonic space specification argument.
Allow users to select a device interactively in character-based applications. ^%IS routine See Allowing Users to Specify a Device (^%IS).
Allow users to store print output in a spool file ^%IS and ^%SPOOL routines See SPOOL Device.
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