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How to Define an Element Type for Text Files

To enable Web Services to transfer text files using attachments, Type definitions for text files must be properly configured in CA Endevor SCM. CA Endevor SCM defines a text file as one that has line delimiters and requires character translation. You can store text files on the mainframe and browse them in CA Endevor SCM. To define a text Type, complete the following steps:

  1. Define the base and delta libraries using CA Endevor SCM rules for the specific file type. For more information, see the CA Endevor Software Change Manager Administration Guide.
  2. Set TYPE DEFINITION panel fields to the following values to define a CA Endevor SCM Type record for text data.
    1. Set the FWD/REV/IMG DELTA field to F for forward or R for reverse to specify the delta storage format.
    2. Set the COMPRESS BASE/ENCRYPT NAME field to N for element names that do not exceed eight characters and are uppercase. For other element names, set this field to Y. If set to Y, the base library must be HFS.
    3. Set the COMPARE FROM field to a value appropriate for the type of data. For example, COBOL can be 7.
    4. Set the SOURCE LENGTH and COMPARE TO fields to values appropriate for the type of data. For example, COBOL SOURCE LENGTH can be 80 and COMPARE TO can be 72.
    5. Set the HFS RECFM field to CRLF. This is the line feed character for Microsoft Windows files. If you do not specify CRLF for text types accessed using local file system support, you will get unexpected results in Windows-based editors.
    6. Set the DATA FORMAT field to T for text. This triggers conversion from EBCDIC to local file system encoding.
    7. Set the FILE EXT field to the file name extension you want the file type to have on the local machine (cob, jcl, and so on) or leave it blank. FILE EXT is used when you are adding files from or retrieving files to a local directory using Web Services.