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Accessing Auxiliary Storage: FILE › The FILE Transaction and Menus › Structured Format

Structured Format

FILE displays file, transient data, and temporary storage records or DL/I segments field‑by‑field in structured format. COBOL and PL/I structures use 01 level data names; Assembler structures use DSECT names.

To display a record or segment in structured format, you must identify the program containing the structure. Symbolic information for this program must be saved in the CA InterTest for CICS Symbolic File. Follow these steps to display a record or segment in structured format:

  1. If the FORMAT field does not contain S, press PF2 until FORMAT=S is displayed. The USE= field now opens after the FORMAT field.
  2. Identify the program and structure in the USE= field, as follows:

    USE=symbolic‑name.structure‑name

    symbolic‑name

    Indicates the name of the program as defined in the Symbolic File.

    structure‑name

    Indicates the COBOL or PL/I 01 level name or the Assembler DSECT.

  3. Press Enter. CA InterTest for CICS displays the record in structured format.