Example of displaying data with a template

The first task in this tutorial is to view data that has been structured into fields, without using a template. This demonstrates some of the display issues that can occur when unformatted data is viewed. In the next task, you view the same data, with a template.

  1. From the File Manager Primary Option Menu, select option 1. View.
  2. In the Data set name field for the input data set, type 'FMN.V15R1M0.SFMNSAM1'.
  3. In the Member field for the input data set, type FMNCDATA.
  4. In the Copybook/template usage field, select option 3. None.
  5. Press Enter.

    Viewing structured data without a template shows what this data looks like without a template.

    Figure 1. Viewing structured data without a template
      Process   Options   Help
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 View             FMN.V15R1M0.SFMNSAM1(FMNCDATA)                   Top of 40
        Col 1       Insert Length 80              Record AT TOP     Format CHAR
        ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+----7--
 ****** ****  Top of data  ****
 000001 01Grant Smith         ..................................................
 000002 01Andrew Apple        .5....&...........................................
 000003 01Graham Prestcott    ..................................................
 000004 01Bill Somers         ..................................................
 000005 01Ted Dexter          .....-............................................
 000006 01Roddy Armstrong     ..................................................
 000007 01Cliff Roberts       .R................................................
 000008 01James Browne        .)................................................
 000009 01Silvia Carrot       ...../ ...........................................
 000010 01Dan Peters          ."................................................
 000011 01John Laws           .;................................................
 000012 01Liz Childs          .?................................................
 000013 01Bill McCork         .N................................................
 000014 01Keith Sampson       ..................................................
 000015 01John Neptune        ..................................................
 Command ===>                                                       Scroll CSR 
  F1=Help      F2=Zoom      F3=Exit      F4=CRetriev  F5=RFind     F6=RChange
  F7=Up        F8=Down      F9=Swap     F10=Left     F11=Right    F12=Cancel

    The first twenty records in this member contain non-displayable characters represented by periods and other characters. Without a template, these records cannot be easily viewed or edited.

  6. When you have finished examining the data, press the Exit function key (F3) to return to the Edit (or View) Entry panel.

    Now let's view the same data using a template generated from the COBOL copybook supplied in FMN.SFMNSAM1(FMNCCPY).

  7. In the Data set name field for the Copybook or Template, type 'FMN.V15R1M0.SFMNSAM1'.
  8. In the Member field for the Copybook or Template, type FMNCCPY.
  9. In the Copybook/template usage field, select option 1. Above.
  10. Press Enter.

    For this example, we want to display the data in tabular format. If the Format field (at the top right of the panel) does not contain TABL, then overtype the first letter of its current value with T and then press Enter.

    The sample data is now shown in TABL display format, arranged in columns.
    Figure 2. Viewing data using a template (TABL display format)
      Process   Options   Help
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 View             FMN.V15R1M0.SFMNSAM1(FMNCDATA)                   Top of 40
                                                  Record AT TOP     Format TABL
        REC-TYPE REC-ID NAME                 EMPLOYEE-NO     AGE   SALARY
        #2       #3 R # #4                            #5      #6       #7
        AN 1:2   AN 1:2 AN 3:20                  BI 23:2 BI 25:2  PD 27:4
        <>       <>     <---+----1----+---->      <---+>  <---+> <---+-->
 ****** ****  Top of data  ****
 000001 01       01     Grant Smith                 7712      35    75000
 000002 01       01     Andrew Apple                6645      53    78500
 000003 01       01     Graham Prestcott            5583      28    48000
 000004 01       01     Bill Somers                 4418      33    68000
 000005 01       01     Ted Dexter                  3327      52    60250
 000006 01       01     Roddy Armstrong             5683      34    77000
 000007 01       01     Cliff Roberts               2265      57   100000
 000008 01       01     James Browne                1117      46   125000
 000009 01       01     Silvia Carrot               2308      29    61400
 000010 01       01     Dan Peters                  4479      54    63000
 000011 01       01     John Laws                   3422      21    46750
 000012 01       01     Liz Childs                  3439      55    66000
 Command ===>                                                       Scroll CSR 
  F1=Help      F2=Zoom      F3=Exit      F4=CRetriev  F5=RFind     F6=RChange
  F7=Up        F8=Down      F9=Swap     F10=Left     F11=Right    F12=Cancel

    File Manager has used the first record type defined in the copybook to display the data and the first set of records (REC-TYPE = 01) are now readable. Any fields defined in the second record type (REC-TYPE = 02) that match fields defined in the first type are also displayed.