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Custom Layouts

A custom layout defines one or more custom views based on COBOL or PL/I layouts. A custom layout must reside in a PDS.

Using a custom layout you can do the following:

• Map data using different record layouts for different record types
• Eliminate layout fields that you do not want to include in your view
• Map only a portion of a file record starting at a specified record offset

A custom layout contains references to one or more ordinary COBOL or PL/I layouts. You can use custom layouts anywhere that [assign the value for vfor in your book] allows a layout, except within another custom layout.