Fill in all the fields of this wizard to create a Data Element.
A project represents the physical distribution of your instances in your workspace. There can be various projects for each location (a location is the equivalent of a database).
In the 'Navigator' view of the 'Design' perspective, you will see that the packages represent the branches of your projects. Each package contains its own instances.
So naming a package after a library is be a good idea. To reflect the library hierarchy, you can enter the library names (starting from the highest-level library), and separate each with a period (ex: 'COM.CIF') . This way, the 'Navigator' view will display a first-level branch, COM, with its instances, and a second-level branch, CIF, with its own instances.
A project represents the physical distribution of your instances in your workspace. There can be various projects for each location (a location is the equivalent of a database).
This name consists of alphabetic or numeric characters only. The following table lists the Data Element names that cannot be created:
Name | Reserved for |
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FILLER | Field alignment |
ENPR GRPR ERUT |
Error check fields on transaction files (options of
the Batch Function) Data Element error check Segment error check User-defined errors |
The internal format is used when the Data Element is called:
The internal format must be coded like a COBOL picture (without print characters).
If the format of a numeric Data Element is more than 10 characters long, you must omit the ’9’ that would normally be entered after the ’V’ (for example: S9(10)V9(3) must be entered as S9(10)V(3)). This way of coding must not be used when the format is shorter than 10 characters.
Symbolic value | Meaning |
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D | Without century (DDMMYY or MMDDYY) |
C | With century (DDMMCCYY or MMDDCCYY) |
I | Without century (YYMMDD) |
S | With century (CCYYMMDD) |
E | Without century (DD/MM/YY or MM/DD/YY) |
M | With century (DD/MM/CCYY or MM/DD/CCYY) |
G | Gregorian format (CCYY-MM-DD) |
T | Timestamp format |
For details on the use of the formats with the various types of database blocks, see the summary tables in chapter 'Columns: Data Elements' of the 'Relational SQL Database Description' Manual at this URL:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=37&context=SSEP67&uid=swg27005478
You select the library by clicking the Browse... button.