Specifying the Data Item

The NAME keyword, or the NAME and NAMEMASK keywords together indicate which data items that belong to the specified cast-out class to select.

To read information about all data items that belong to the specified cast-out class, omit both NAME and NAMEMASK from the request.
To read information about a specific data item that belongs to the cast-out class, code NAME to provide the data item name. Omit NAMEMASK from the request.
To read information about all data items that belong to the cast-out class and whose names satisfy a specified character selection pattern, code both NAME and NAMEMASK.

When you code both NAME and NAMEMASK, you define a character selection pattern that the system uses to select names from the specified cast-out class. For a general description of NAMEMASK and the character selection pattern, see Using Filters for Names on Requests.