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Elements of a Dataview

Rules for elements of a dataview are as follows:

• Each CA Datacom/DB native dataview is comprised of elements of the same record. However, you can nest FOR statements in the PDL language to dynamically join two or more dataviews together.
• An element must be defined with explicitly contiguous columns for CA Ideal access. It is possible to violate this rule accidentally by inserting a field in the record through DEFINE TABLE, but forgetting to include the field in the appropriate DEFINE element or MODIFY element.