Combined List Interface

The combined list interface is used to import and export combined information, and must be provided as a sequential file defined as FB with record length 311.

The following tables describe the columns in the combined list interface:

Table 1. Combined data element - header
Column Type Length Decimal Domain
RECTYPE CHARACTER 1 0 Always set to H
FILTYPE CHARACTER 4 0 Data store type
FILNAME CHARACTER 128 0 Data store name
FILLIB CHARACTER 128 0 Schema name or DBD name
FILVER INTEGER 3 0 GDG version (0 for non-GDG)
RECFMT CHARACTER 10 0 Record format
FLDNAME CHARACTER 30 0 Combined data element name
Table 2. Combined data element - detail
Column Type Length Decimal Domain
RECTYPE CHARACTER 1 0 Always set to D
PRGCBZ INTEGER 9 0 Prog.Fields Group
CBZTXT CHARACTER 50 0 Fields Group Text
FLDNAME CHARACTER 30 0 Data Element Name
FLDRECID INTEGER 9 0 Data Element ID
CTRLTAB CHARACTER 18 0 Control Table
CTRLPGM CHARACTER 10 0 Control Program
EDTSIG CHARACTER 1 0 Flag Sign on String
EDTDEC CHARACTER 1 0 Flag Decimal on String
Table 3. Combined data element - extension
Column Type Length Decimal Domain
RECTYPE CHARACTER 1 0 Always set to E
PRGCBZ INTEGER 9 0 Prog.Fields Group
FLDNAME CHARACTER 30 0 Data Element Name
FLDRECID INTEGER 9 0 Data Element ID
EXTTYPE CHARACTER 1 0 Extended Value Type
EXTPRG INTEGER 9 0 Extended Value Progressive
EXTPOS INTEGER 9 0 Position for Substring
EXTLEN INTEGER 9 0 Length for Substring
EXTVAL CHARACTER 100 0 Value for Prefix and Suffix
EXTHEX CHARACTER 1 0 Value is Hexadecimal
EXTROUTINE CHARACTER 8 0 Routine Name