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When to Use Screen ID or Scan

A difference exists between the data you view on your terminal and the data transmitted to and from your terminal for the following reasons:

• On output, successive transmissions can cumulatively build a terminal display.
• On input, only modified data is transmitted, not the entire display.

Although CA Verify for VTAM captures only the actual transmission, during the Browse, Run, and Edit functions the terminal display is reconstructed.

Use Screen ID to find a screen based on how it appears at a terminal (Display format). Use Scan to find a screen by the actual data transmitted to or from the terminal (Field format).