3 - ACTION OPTIONS

Action options specify the task that dsrqst executes. No values follow an Action option. A single dsrqst execution can perform multiple tasks depending on which Action option is chosen: some comprehensive actions include other simpler actions by default, and others trigger additional actions when certain Mode options are present. Providing multiple Action options simultaneously is not allowed.

Some actions write information to GDEXDB, and others retrieve information from GDEXDB, for one or more datasets.

Based on the kind of information they manipulate, the actions fall into three categories:

Request Control Actions

create, delete, modify, and retrieve request control information in GDEXDB for a given dataset/group and request type

Request Actions

create, delete, modify, and retrieve information for individual requests and their requested data files

Request Process Actions

build requests by staging data online, and purge requests by cleaning request records and the temporary online data

Appendix A: List of Examples