Specifying the Input File Parameters

First of all, choose an input file:
Input-File
The input file name for the defined operation.
Then, use parameters to describe the input file:
Format
The file format for the input file. Valid values are:
  • Micro Focus
  • ESDS
  • Btrieve
  • IDXFORMAT(4)
  • Extended-ESDS
  • Vision
  • RM
  • C-ISAM
  • LEVEL-II
  • IDXFORMAT(8)
  • IDXFORMAT(12)

The default format is Micro Focus and this would normally be used for files downloaded from the host and recreated on the PC. If the chosen file is an emulation of the mainframe VSAM entry-sequenced data set, choose ESDS or Extended-ESDS to provide the emulation of VSAM ESDS on the PC.

Organization
The file organization for the input file. Valid values are:
  • Line sequential
  • Sequential
  • Indexed sequential
  • Relative
  • VRECGEN
  • ANSI Mainframe Report (The mainframe report with ANSI carriage control characters)
  • Machine Mainframe Report (The mainframe report with machine code carriage control characters)
  • PC Print.
  • Blocked-VRec
Record-Format
The record format for the input file. Valid values are:
  • Fixed
  • Variable

Variable length Mainframe Report files are not supported.

Character-Set
The character encoding used in the input file. Valid values are:
  • ASCII
  • EBCDIC
Note: The Windows environment uses the EBCIDIC and ANSI character encodings, and the UNIX/LINUX environments use the EBCIDIC and ASCII character encodings. The character encodings used in the ANSI and ASCII code pages are different.
Floating-Point
The type of floating-point format that is used in the input file.
  • IEEE
  • 370
Compression
An indication that data compression is used for the input file. Valid values are:
  • On
  • Off

This should only be set to On if the file was created with data compression.

Min-Rec-Length
The minimum record length for the input file.

If the file is fixed length this should be set to the same value as the maximum record length.

Max-Rec-Length
The maximum record length for the input file.
If the file being created is indexed, the keys are defined using the following records.
Prime-key
The start position of the key is either the column number or offset depending on the version of the profile being used. A colon is used to separate the position and length fields.
  • DFS Profile Files use a start position (column) starting at 1 with the prime key being in the format position:length (for example, 1:12).
  • DataTools Profiles use an offset starting at 0 with the prime key being in the format offset:length (for example, 1:12).
A second record in the profile file sets the key flags required for the indexed file being created. The flags are separated by a comma (for example: d,cd).
Flag Description
d allow duplicate record keys
s sparse character - not supported
cd compress duplicate record keys
cl compress leading spaces on record keys
ct compress trailing spaces on record keys