Field Pane

The Field pane displays a context dependent list of affected fields. The fields displayed is dependent on whether you click on a program displayed in the Change Candidate pane or one of the fields listed under a program. If you click on a program in the Change Candidate pane, only parent fields are displayed in the Field pane. Clicking on a program's field in the Change Candidate pane will displays all of its affected fields in the Field pane.

Clicking a field will display its declaration in the Source pane.

The table below describes the columns in the Field pane:

Column Description
Name The name of the field.
Length The length of the field.
Value The value of the field.
Picture The format of the field.
Normalized Picture The normalized picture of the field.
Comment The comment for the field.
Program File The program in which the field is used.
File The source file that contains the declaration for the field.
Usage The value of the USAGE clause.
Normalized Usage The format of the data item in computer storage.

You can filter the field list by clicking the icon in a column and selecting an item you want to filter by.

Tip: You can specify your own comment by right-clicking a field and then click Comment. This opens the Edit Comment Field dialog box. In the Comment filed, type a comment and then click OK. This can be used to provide information on working process and can also be used for filtering.