Figure description: Levels of data in a record description entry

This figure contains two separate parts. The first part illustrates the relationship between entries within a record description entry that contains subordinate group entries. The second part illustrates the storage arrangement of the record description entry.

The description of the figure is based on the following record description entry:


01	RECORD-ENTRY.		
	05	GROUP-1.
		10	SUBGROUP-1.
			15	ELEM-1 PIC... .
			15	ELEM-2 PIC... .
		10	SUBGROUP-2.
			15	ELEM-3 PIC... .
			15	ELEM-4 PIC... .
	05	GROUP-2.
		15	SUBGROUP-3.
			25	ELEM-5 PIC... .
			25	ELEM-6 PIC... .
		15	SUBGROUP-4 PIC... .
	05	ELEM-7 PIC... .

The following relationships are shown in the first part:

  • 01 RECORD-ENTRY. includes all the entries from itself through 05 ELEM-7 PIC... ..
  • 05 GROUP-1. includes itself through 15 ELEM-4 PIC... ..
  • 10 SUBGROUP-1. includes itself through 15 ELEM-2 PIC... ..
  • 10 SUBGROUP-2. includes itself through 15 ELEM-4 PIC... ..
  • 05 SGROUP-2. includes itself through 15 ELEM-7 PIC... ..
  • 15 SUBGROUP-3. includes itself through 25 ELEM-6 PIC... ..
  • 15 SUBGROUP-4. includes itself.
  • 05 ELEM-7 PIC... . includes itself.
The second part uses a bar to show the storage space. This bar contains the following items sequentially:
  1. ELEM-1
  2. ELEM-2
  3. ELEM-3
  4. ELEM-4
  5. ELEM-5
  6. ELEM-6
  7. SUBGROUP-4
  8. ELEM-7
RECORD ENTRY includes all ther entire bar; that is, ELEM-1 through ELEM-7. GROUP-1 includes ELEM-1 through ELEM-4. GROUP-2 includes ELEM-5 through SUBGROUP-4. SUBGROUP-1 includes ELEM-1 through ELEM-2. SUBGROUP-2 includes ELEM-3 through ELEM-4. SUBGROUP-3 includes ELEM-5 through ELEM-6.

End of figure description.