Display formats
To determine which display format is best for your needs, review the display format descriptions below.
- CHAR
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Character display format. This format is suitable for viewing or editing unstructured
text that is composed of characters that can be entered via the keyboard.
FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E CHKPID FM000001 Autosave OFF SHOW SUP ON Scope DB Col 1 Format CHAR Cmd Level Segment ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5--- **** Top of window **** ___ 1 SHIRE DENMARK 130500244.h.....g/.............. - HEX
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Hexadecimal updown format, followed by a scale. This format uses separate lines;
one for the characters, one for the zone digit and one for the numeric digit of
each byte. Hexadecimal updown format is suitable for editing data that is composed
of characters or values that cannot be entered via a keyboard or cannot be displayed.
For example, you may want to use the HEX display format when editing DBCS
characters or packed decimal numbers.
FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E CHKPID FM000001 Autosave OFF SHOW SUP ON Scope DB Col 1 Format HEX Cmd Level Segment ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5--- **** Top of window **** ___ 1 SHIRE DENMARK 130500244.h.....g/.............. CCDDCDD4444444444444FFFFFFFFF180003386002323232323234 45541920000000000000130500244880666171C0043243C001C10 ----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5--- - LHEX
- Unformatted hexadecimal. This format has been
superceded by the HEX format. However, it has been
retained within the product so that long-term users
of File Manager can continue working with Hexadecimal
characters in a familiar layout.
FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E CHKPID FM000001 Autosave OFF SHOW SUP ON Scope DB Col 1 Format LHEX Cmd Level Segment - - - - + - - - - 1 - - - - + - - - - 2 - - - - + - - - - **** Top of window **** ___ 1 SHIRE C4C5D5D4C1D9D240404040404040404040404040F1F3F0F5F0F0F2F4F4When in Zoom mode, the selected segment displays as formatted hexadecimal and characters (system dump format). For example:
FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E Col 1 Zoom Format LHEX Segment SHIRE Bobby Level: 1 Concatenated key value: DENMARK Length Byte ---------------- Hex ----------------- ------ Char ------ 53 0000 C4C5D5D4 C1D9D240 40404040 40404040 *DENMARK * 0010 40404040 F1F3F0F5 F0F0F2F4 F4188800 * 130500244.h.* 0020 06063631 87610C00 20342332 24332C30 *....g/..........* 0030 20312C31 40 *.... * - SNGL
- Single-segment format (only available
when using a template). Limits the display to a single
segment. Each field might take up one or more lines,
depending upon the field information selected for
display and the length of the field name. SNGL
display format is suitable for viewing information
that has been structured into fields and segments,
when you need to focus on a single segment.
FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E Zoom Format SNGL Segment SHIRE Level: 1 Concatenated key value: DENMARK Top Field is 3 of 11 Current 01: SHIRE-TOWN Ref Field Typ Len Data 3 3 SHIRE-NAME AN 20 K DENMARK 4 2 SHIRE-TYPE AN 1 1 5 2 SHIRE-CODE1 ZD 3 305 6 2 SHIRE-CODE2 ZD 5 244 7 2 SHIRE-YEAR BI 2 6280 8 2 SHIRE-BRICK PD 8 606363187610 9 2 SHIRE-WOODEN PD 8 2034233224332 10 2 SHIRE-SCHOOL PD 4 3020312 11 2 SHIRE-GOLF BI 2 12608 *** End of record ***This example shows the Ref (Field Reference), Typ (Type), and Len (Length) columns, and the Field column contains structure information. The display of this information is optional (the default is for it to be displayed).
To change the information displayed in SNGL mode, enter one of the following commands:
- JUST
- Left justifies the numeric fields
- PIC
- Displays or hides the Picture column
- RDF
- Displays or hides the Redefines information and redefined fields
- REFS
- Displays or hides the Field References column
- SLOC
- Displays or hides the Start column
- STR
- Displays or hides the structure information in the Field column
- TYP
- Displays or hides the Type and Length columns
These are toggle commands that change the display from on to off or off to on, depending on the current status of the panel. The commands only affect the current Edit or Browse session, they do not change the default settings.
To change the default settings for the IMS data panel:
- Ensure that you are not currently in a Browse or Edit session.
- Choose Option 0.5 Editor options from the Primary Option menu. or Options -> Editor Options from the action bar.
- Select or clear the following options on the
Editor Options panel:
- Show redefined fields on SNGL and TABL displays
- Show field reference numbers on SNGL displays
- Show field type & length on SNGL displays
- Show field picture clauses on SNGL displays
- Show field start locations on SNGL displays
- Show record structure on SNGL displays
- Left justify numerics on SNGL displays
- Show field CCSID on SNGL display.
Note: These options cannot be changed when you are in a Browse or Edit session. - TABL
- Tabular format (only available when using a
view). Arranges fields in columns. This format
is suitable for viewing information that has been
structured into fields and segments and you need to
review multiple segments.
FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E CHKPID FM000001 Autosave OFF SHOW SUP ON Scope DB Format TABL SHIRE-NAME SHIRE-TYPE SHIRE-CODE1 SHIRE-CODE2 Cmd Level Segment #3 #4 #5 #6 AN 1:20 AN 21:1 ZD 22:3 ZD 25:5 <---+----1----+----> - <--> <---+> ___ 1 SHIRE DENMARK 1 305 244In TABL display format, only one segment type in the data set is displayed at any time. The column headings at the top of the screen reflect the fields in the current segment type. There are three lines in the headings:field_heading #n [R #n] type start_column:length <- … ->where:
- field_heading
- Defaults to the field name defined in the copybook. You can change this by editing the template or view. For details, see Setting field attributes.
- #n [R #n]
- The field reference. You use this to refer to the field in
File Manager. For example, to limit the
FIND primary command to searching only certain fields,
you specify the field references for those fields.
If the field redefines another field, then this is shown by the “R? notation, followed by the field it redefines. For example,
#5 [R #4]shows that this is field 5, which redefines field 4. - type
- The field data type.
- start_column
- The field start column.
- length
- The field length.
- <- … ->
- Ruler, indicating the size of the field.
- CCSID
- Displays or hides the CCSID column.
Segments of other types are “suppressed? from display: they are either hidden or represented by shadow lines.
In CHAR, HEX and LHEX formats, and for alphanumeric fields in SNGL or TABL formats, characters that cannot be displayed (“non-displayable? characters) are represented as periods.
- You can display hexadecimal values under your formatted field data by entering
HEX ONon the Command line. For example, imagine you are viewing data in TABL display format and your display looks something like this:
Issuing the command HEX ON displays the hexadecimal representation:FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E CHKPID FM000001 Autosave OFF SHOW SUP ON Scope DB Format TABL SHIRE-NAME SHIRE-TYPE SHIRE-CODE1 SHIRE-CODE2 Cmd Level Segment #3 #4 #5 #6 AN 1:20 AN 21:1 ZD 22:3 ZD 25:5 <---+----1----+----> - <--> <---+> ___ 1 SHIRE DENMARK 1 305 244FM/IMS Edit : IMS Database DJ1E CHKPID FM000001 Autosave OFF SHOW SUP ON Scope DB Format TABL SHIRE-NAME SHIRE-TYPE SHIRE-CODE1 SHIRE-CODE2 Cmd Level Segment #3 #4 #5 #6 AN 1:20 AN 21:1 ZD 22:3 ZD 25:5 <---+----1----+----> - <--> <---+> ___ 1 SHIRE DENMARK 1 305 244 CCDDCDD4444444444444 F FFF FFFFF 45541920000000000000 1 305 00244 - If a numeric field contains data that cannot be correctly interpreted as a numeric value (for example, a packed decimal field contains invalid packed values), then the field is displayed as highlighted asterisks.
- If a numeric field contains a valid numeric value, but the value is too
large to fit in the width allocated to the field on the screen (as defined in
the picture specification of the original copybook), then the value is truncated.
The field is highlighted to indicate that truncation has occurred.
To show the entire field without truncation, you need to edit the template, and specify an output width for the field.
- If a field is a array element, then its field heading is followed by a subscript in parentheses; for example, ELEMENT(1).
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