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DATAVIEW Format

An unmodeled (VSAM or sequential file) dataview, when exported or imported using the Source Transport Utility, has the following format. For a description of the lowercase values, refer to the sections on defining sequential and VSAM dataviews in the Creating Dataviews Guide.

‑>DATAVIEW dvw‑name VERSION version STATUS stat
[IDEAL nn.nx]
            [MVS]
OPER‑SYSTEM [VSE]
              {QSAM}
ACCESS‑METHOD {VSAM}
                   
[DATE‑CREATED yymmdd CREATED‑BY user‑name]
[DATE‑MODIFIED yymmdd TIME‑MODIFIED hhmm MODIFIED‑BY user‑name]
[DATE‑CATALOGED yymmdd TIME‑CATALOGED hhmm]

[SHORT‑DESC  'short‑description']
[ TEXT1 '1st line of long‑description' ]
[[TEXT2 '2nd line of long‑description']]
[[TEXT3 '3rd line of long‑description']]
[[TEXT4 '4th line of long‑description']]
[[TEXT5 '5th line of long‑description']]

[                  {KSDS} ]
[FILE‑ORGANIZATION {ESDS} ]
[                  {RRDS} ]
                
UPDATE‑INTENT {Y}
              {N}
[FILENAME filename]

[ [RECORD‑LENGTH  nnn]        ]
[ [BLOCK‑SIZE  nnn]           ]
[                             ]
[ [              {FBLK  }]    ]
[ [RECORD‑FORMAT {FUNB  }]    ]
[ [              {      }]    ]
[ [DEVICE‑TYPE  device]       ]
[                             ]
[ [            {YES} ]        ]
[ [TAPE‑LABELS {NO } ]        ]

[ ‑>FIELD‑DATA               ]
[[columnar format field data]]

[PRIMARY‑KEY fieldname    ]
[ALTERNATE‑KEYS           ]
[ columnar format key data]

‑>END‑DATAVIEW

Field Data Column Format-The following are the column positions for the fields located in the dataview:

• Key Data Column Format-The following are the column positions for the key data:

Note:

• For dataviews created before CA Ideal r 2.1, the ACCESS‑METHOD can be QSAM or SAM.
• FILE‑ORGANIZATION is included only for VSAM files.
• RECORD‑LENGTH, BLOCK‑SIZE, RECORD‑FORMAT, DEVICE‑TYPE, and TAPE‑LABELS are included only for VSE files.