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MAPDATA Keyword—Define MAPDATA Field

Valid on z/OS, z/VSE, and z/VM.

Use the MAPDATA keyword to add, remove, or replace a MAPDATA field in the MAP record of the SDT Record. MAPDATA allows the administrator to specify field characteristics associated with MAPREC(map‑name).

MAP records are used to support Screen Level Protection (SLP) records.

This keyword has the following format:

TSS ADDTO(SDT) MAPREC(map‑name)
               MAPDATA(field‑definition)
field‑definition

Specifies the layout of this screen field. You can specify up to five fields on each MAPDATA keyword. Each field‑definition operand consists of five sub‑fields:

fld‑name

Specifies an up to 24‑character field name unique to this MAP record. The name can consist of letters, digits, or national characters and can be qualified with periods (.), underscores (_), or hyphens (‑).

type

Indicates the field type:

  • CHAR—Specifies any of the EBCDIC characters, left‑justified and padded with blanks.
  • BIN—Specifies up to 16 decimal digits with optional sign. If no sign is specified, a positive value is assumed.
  • PACKED—Specifies up to 16 decimal digits with optional sign. If no sign is specified, a positive value is assumed.
  • ZONED—Specifies up to 16 decimal digits with optional sign. If no sign is specified, a positive value is assumed.
  • HEX—Specifies up to 256 hexadecimal digits (0‑F) left‑justified and padded with nulls (X"00").
row

Specifies a numeric row for this data field.

column

Specifies a numeric column for this data field.

length

Specifies the length for this data field (optional).

This keyword is used with: