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Select Members to Process

To edit a PDS member, enter the name of the PDS and the name of the member that you want to edit. If you enter a wildcarded member name or if you leave the member name field blank, the Select Member to Process panel displays. The Select Member to Process panel displays a list of the members in the PDS that meet the wildcard criteria. If the member name field was left blank, the Select Member to Process panel displays a list of all members in the specified PDS. Select the member that you want to edit and press Enter to edit the member.

Follow these steps:

1. Select EDIT from the Main Menu screen, Option 2.

   The Edit Data Set screen displays.

2. Specify the name of the PDS that contains the member that you want to edit.
3. Specify a wildcarded member name or leave the member name field blank, and press Enter.

   The Select Member To Process screen displays a list of the PDS members that meet the wildcard criteria you specified. If you left the member name field blank, the Select Member To Process screen displays a list of all members in the PDS.

4. Use any of the following commands to locate a member:

   LOCATE value

   Positions to the first member in the directory whose sort sequence field is greater than or equal to the specified value.

   For example, when the directory list is sorted by the Name column, LOCATE ABC positions the member list to the first member in the list whose member name is greater than or equal to the name ABC.

   Note: You can use the abbreviation L for the LOCATE command.

   MEMBER 'value'

   Specifies additional member selection criteria. This command reduces the current member list to only those members that contain records that match the specified value. Use successive MEMBER commands to further reduce the current member list.

   For example, MEMBER 'ABC' reduces the member list to only those members that contain the characters ABC in one of their records. A subsequent MEMBER 'XYZ' command reduces the member list to only those members that contain the characters ABC and XYZ.

   S member

   Selects a member from the data set for processing. The member does not have to be in the current member list to be selected.

   SORT column

   Sorts the directory by any of the columns in the directory. You can also specify whether to sort a column in ascending or descending order by specifying an A or D after the column value.

   For example, the command SORT CREATED sorts the directory in descending order of Created date and SORT ID D sorts the directory in descending order of User ID.

5. Type an S (for select) next to the member that you want to edit and press Enter.

   The contents of the member displays on the screen.

Formatting Modes

When you open a Browse or Edit session, you specify one of the following formatting modes:

• C—Character
• S—Single-record format
• M—Multi-record format

You can switch from one formatting mode to another in an open browser or edit session by entering one of the following values:

• CHAR—Character mode
• SF—Single-record format
• MF—Multi-record format

Character Mode

Use the CHAR command from an edit session to display records in character mode. Character mode displays the record in character format as it appears in the file. You can also use the HEX ON command to view the record data in hex.

Example

The following example shows a record displayed in character mode:

Edit YOUR.FILE                                             Columns 00001 00072
COMMAND ===>                                                  SCROLL ===> CSR 
****** ****************************** Top of Data *****************************
000001  1234567XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX                              ab12345 6789
000002  7654321YYYYYYYYYYYYYYY                                00000 0000
000003  9999999ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ                                00000 0000
****** ****************************** Bottom of Data **************************

Single-Record Format

Use the SF command from an edit session to display records in single-record format. Single-record format displays one record at a time, showing the field name on the left of the screen and the data values on the right. You can also use the HEX ON command to view the record data in hex.

Single-record format displays the following fields:

Record Number

Displays the relative record number within the file

Record Length

Displays the length of the displayed record

Record Layout

Displays the name of the record layout that defines the format of the current view

Field Name

Contains the field level number and field name with indentation to indicate the hierarchy of the fields

The indentation rules for the field name column are as follows:

• The indention amount is 2 when the entire name of each field fits within the space provided.
• The indention amount is 1 when the previous rule is not true and when the entire name of each field fits within the space provided.
• The indention amount is 0 when both of the previous rules are not true.
• Table index values will overwrite the rightmost characters of the field name if the field name and table index values cannot fit in the space provided.

Pos

Displays the starting position of the field within the record

Format

Displays the data-type indicator followed by either the number of digits or characters allowed for the field as defined by the field definition.

Valid data-type indicators are as follows:

Value

Displays the formatted data as defined by the field definition.

The following rules apply to single-record formatted mode:

• You must specify a layout when opening the Edit session.
• You can display or modify the data in the Value column using field-level editing rules based on the field format.
• Record data that is not in the proper format as defined by the layout is displayed in X'xxxx' format in the value column.
• Invalid data is allowed only if you type it as X'xxxx'.
• Line commands are not available in single-record formatted mode.
• UP and DOWN commands scroll through the fields within a single record.
• LEFT and RIGHT commands scroll through the previous and next records.
• TOP and BOTTOM commands display the first and last data records.
• You can use the INSERT, DELETE, and REPEAT primary commands to add, delete, and repeat records.
• You can use the MF and CHAR primary commands to switch to multi-record or character mode.

Example

The following example shows a record displayed in single-record format:

Record Number: 1      Record Length: 300   Record Layout: CUSTREC
   Field                             Pos  Format Value           
01 CUST-RECORD                         1     300
  05 CUST-CUSTOMER-NUM                 1 N     9 123456789       
  05 CUST-CUSTOMER-TYPE-CODE          10 C     2 AA              
  05 CUST-ACCT-OPENED-DATE            12 N     6 10101          
  05 CUST-DOB                         18 N     6 70450          
  05 CUST-1ST-TRANSACTION-DATE        24       6
    10 CUST-1ST-TRANSACTION-MM        24 N     2 08              
    10 CUST-1ST-TRANSACTION-DD        26 N     2 31              
    10 CUST-1ST-TRANSACTION-YY        28 N     2 1              
  05 CUST-CURRENT-BAL                 30 P   9.2 100000.00         
  05 CUST-ORIG-BAL                    36 P   9.2 90000.00       
  05 CUST-PAYMENT-AMT                 42 P   9.2 0.00          
  05 CUST-PAYMENT-PERIOD              48 N     2 30              
  05 CUST-NAME                        50 C    25 JANE SMITH      
  05 CUST-ADDR-1                      75 C    30 55 MAIN STREET  
  05 CUST-ADDR-2                     105 C    30                 
  05 CUST-CITY                       135 C    20 SPRINGFIELD     
  05 CUST-STATE                      155 C     2 MA              
  05 CUST-ZIP-CODE                   157 C    10 02345-6789       
  05 CUST-COUNTY-CODE                167 N     3 1             
  05 CUST-DELIQENCY-CODE             170 C     1 A               
  05 CUST-AGENT-ID                   171 N     5 12345           
  05 CUST-PAID-TO-DATE               176 N   9.2 10000.00

Multi-Record Format

Use the MF command from an edit session to display records in Multi-Record format. Multi-Record format displays multiple records at once in a columnar display. Each column displays the field names at the top followed by a formatted display of the values in that field. You can also use the HEX ON command to view the record data in hex.

The following rules apply to multi-record formatted mode:

• You must specify a layout when opening the Edit session.
• A page break is inserted when the format changes from layout to another as specified in custom layout rules. Press F8 to display the next set of records.
• You can display or modify the data in field columns using field-level editing rules based on the field format.
• Record data that is not in the proper format as defined by the layout is displayed in X'xxxx' format in the value column.
• Invalid data is allowed only if you type it as X'xxxx'.
• Numeric data is right justified in the field column.
• Character data is left justified in the field column.
• UP and DOWN commands scroll through the previous or next records.
• LEFT and RIGHT commands scroll through the field names for the record on the current screen.
• TOP and BOTTOM commands display the first and last data records.
• You can use the SF and CHAR primary commands to switch to single-record or character mode.

Example

The following example shows a data set in multi-record format.

 Edit  TEST.CUSTREC                              Columns 00001 00055
 COMMAND ===>                                                       
            CUST     CUST CUSTOMER  CUST ACCT   CUST     CUST 1ST   
        CUSTOMER NUM   TYPE CODE   OPENED DATE  DOB   TRANSACTION MM
        N 9          C 2           N 6         N 6    N 2           
        1----------- 10----------- 12--------- 18---- 24------------
 ****** ****************************** Top of Data *****************
 000001         2000 AA  	         10101  70450              8
 000002        20002 BB                  20189  20467              3
 000003        20003 CC                  40102  70778              4
 000004        20010 AB                  40101  10166              7
 000005        20029 XX                  50102 120166              2
 000006        20049 YY                  60602  70450              1
 000007        40000 ZZ                  83001  71983              3
 000008        40000 BX                 110199  72816              9
 000007        40000 ZZ                 083001  071983             3
 000008        40000 BX                 110199  072816             9

The field names are displayed as column headings. The field names in this example are CUST-CUSTOMER-NUM, CUST-CUSTOMER-TYPE-CODE, CUST-ACCT-OPENED-DATE, CUST-DOB, and CUST-1ST-TRANSACTION-MM. Hyphens in field names are removed in the display.

The field format and length are displayed below the field name. The CUST-CUSTOMER-NUM field in this example has a format and length of N 9, indicating a numeric field of up to 9 digits. The CUST-CUSTOMER-TYPE-CODE field has a format and length of C 2, indicating a character field of up to 2 characters.

The field position is displayed below the field format and length. The value of CUST-CUSTOMER-NUM field in this example is at position 1 in the record. The value of CUST-CUSTOMER-TYPE-CODE is at position 10.