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Data Placement Chart

The following chart depicts where the data is placed or taken from for the following functions and commands.

Command

Buffer Area Output

Buffer Area Input

Buffer Area Key Value

Populated By Field Gen

Populated By DMIFILE

CREATE

Y

N

N

Y

N

LOAD

Y

N

N

Y

Y

UNLOAD

N

Y

Y

N

N

MODIFY

Y

N

N

Y

N

ADDIT

Y

N

N

 

 

UPDATE

Y

N

N

 

 

READ

N

Y

Y

 

 

WRITE

N

Y

N

 

 

SCAN

N

Y

N

 

 

EQUI-JOIN

N

Y

Y

 

 

MOVE

Y

Y

Y

 

 

Note: For the CREATE or manual LOAD function, after the field generators and/or the DMIFILE has populated the output area, a MOVE command could be used to move data to the output area from either an input area, key value area, or both.