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Field Descriptions

The following table describes the display and input fields of the Column Specifications panel. These descriptions are divided into sections that follow the layout of the panel.

Command

Defines system-wide commands.

You can also enter the COPY command, which copies the column specifications from the logical view of another SYSOUT or report.

Include the n parameter to indicate which view number to copy, and the sysout-id parameter to indicate the SYSOUT from which to copy the view.

You can enter a Report ID in place of the SYSOUT ID. This command is entered in the following format:

Command ===> copy n sysout-id

View ID

Displays the ID of the logical view.

Default Column Heading Record Numbers and Coloring Information

Represents one of the six lines (labeled HED1 - HED6) in the default column headings.

In each field you can enter the number of a record from the SYSOUT or report that you want to use as a heading for the logical view you are creating. Record numbers you specify here are relative to the beginning of the logical page. If you leave one of these fields blank, a blank heading line is inserted.

For each heading, you can also assign a color (CLR1 - CLR6) and highlights attribute (HLT1 - HLT6). See Clr and Hlt fields later in this table, for possible color and highlight settings, respectively.

Sel

Defines system-wide selection codes for manipulating data: inserting, deleting, repeating, copying, and moving.

You can also enter the H selection code, which displays the Column Heading Specifications panel on which you can define custom headings for the column you are defining on that line.

Pos

Specifies the column number in which the data that you want to extract for a column begins.

Position 1 is the column following the carriage control. The carriage control character itself cannot be included in the selection.

Len

Specifies the length of the data column that you include in this logical view beginning with the character specified in the Pos field

Hdg

Displays one of the options:

YES

If you created a custom heading for the column defined on this line

Blank

If you did not create a custom heading

Clr

Specifies the color (blue, red, pink, green, turquoise, yellow, white).

Hlt

Specifies the type of highlighting.

Values are bold (B), reverse video (R), or underscore (U).

Text

Specifies a column of constant text in this field.

The text you enter appears in the specified column on every line of the logical view of the SYSOUT or report. The text is automatically enclosed in single quotes (if you do not enter them).

Note: If you want to include blank spaces, either as a column, or before or after text you have specified, enclose the text that contains the blanks with single quotes; otherwise, the blank spaces are deleted.