Field Information panel
This panel is displayed when you enter the FIELD primary command.
Panel and field definitions
- Database
- Shows the name of the current database.
- Segment
- Shows the name of the current segment.
- Description
- Shows the description of the segment as entered on the Template Specification panel.
- Field
- Shows the name of the field as defined in the DBD for the database.
- Characteristics
- Shows one of the following to indicate the type of key field.
- Sequence - Unique
- Sequence - Multiple
- Secondary index source
This field is blank for a non-key field.
- Start
- Shows the starting position of the field.
- Length
- Shows the length of the field.
- Type
- Shows one of the following to indicate the data type for the field:
- Hexadecimal
- Packed decimal
- Character
- Binary full word
- Binary half word
Parent panels
- Can be invoked from all panels after the Entry panel for each function, by entering the FIELD primary command.
Child panels
- None.