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The Redefine Window

The Redefine window appears when:

• you specify R for Type when defining an output field
• you type a U in the Cmd column on a line that defines a Type R field

DataManager lets you make new fields by subdividing existing fields. For example, the Date field contains values for month, day and year. The Date field can therefore be redefined as three separate fields. Here, Date is the redefined field and Year, Month and Day are the redefine fields (Type R).

For redefine fields (Type R), type a U to update the field's offset. For example, defining MONTH (mm) by breaking down a date in yyyymmdd format. When you specify a R for Type, DataManager displays this window to prompt you for the starting position of this redefine field. Specify where this output field begins relative to the input field. For example, the offset for Month within yyyymmdd is 5 (MONTH starts in the date's fifth column). This specifies to skip the year and begin reading the fifth character position.

  userid                      CA PMA/DataManager              mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
  __      Input  Output  oPtions  Exit  Help
  +__ DMODESE __________ Output Record Definition _____________________________
  º    Panel  Exit  Help        +_ DMODESF - Redefine _________               
  º ___________________________ |                               _____________ 
  º                             |  MONTH                                      
  º  ORD Name  . . . : MBJ      |  redefines START-DATE                       
  º  Description . . : MBS BATC |  with an offset of 5              of 0001   
  º  IRD Name  . . . . MBS      |                                             
  º                             |  F5=Save                                    
  º Cmd ORD Field     Type IRD  +______________________________ ption         
  º                                                                            
  º _ MONTH             R  START-DATE        N   2   00  MM FROM YYYYMMDD      
  º _ ________________  _  ________________  _  __   __  ____________________  
  º _ ________________  _  ________________  _  __   __  ____________________  
  º _ ________________  _  ________________  _  __   __  ____________________  
  º _ ________________  _  ________________  _  __   __  ____________________  
  º _ ________________  _  ________________  _  __   __  ____________________  
  º                                                                            
  º    F5=Save   F6=Delete   F7=Bkwd   F8=Fwd   F11=Header                     
  +____________________________________________________________________________
 
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