If the keyword INDARA is not used in the DDS of the file, indicators are created in the record area. When indicators are defined in a record format for a file, they are read, rewritten, and written with the data in the record area.
The number and order of indicators defined in the DDS for a record format for a file determines the number and order in which the data description entries for the indicators in the record format must be coded in your ILE COBOL program.
The file control entry for a file that does not have the INDARA keyword specified in the DDS associated with it must not have the separate indicator area attribute, SI, as part of the assignment-name.
If you use a Format 2 COPY statement to copy indicators into your ILE COBOLprogram, the indicators are defined in the order in which they are specified in the DDS for the file.
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