Layouts

Layouts control what information is displayed and how information is formatted when viewing a data set or its members. CA File Master Plus users can specify a layout to use when working with any data set or member. The layout provides an easy way to control which fields are viewed and how records are formatted. Layouts also help to identify which records are displayed.

CA File Master Plus supports the use of two different types of layouts: COBOL or PL/I layouts and custom layouts.

A COBOL or PL/I layout, also referred to simply as a layout, can be a member of a PDS, a CA Librarian data set, or a CA Panvalet data set.

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 CA File Master Plus allows a layout, except within another custom layout.

CA File Master Plus users can access any number of layout data sets and members. Use this feature to create, update, and apply the layouts that you work with. You can add, remove, and modify layouts using the Layouts view.

Note: You can view the properties of any layout data set in your Layout view. To display layout data set properties, right-click a layout data set and select Properties.

This section contains the following topics:

Add a Layout

Create a Custom Layout

Modify Layout Rules

Define Selection Conditions