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IBM File Manager for z/OS® User’s Guide and Reference for Db2 Data Version 15.1.8

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Working with FM/Db2
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Working with FM/Db2
Working with templates
Mapping data
Specifying your own mapping
Creating data for a column

Working with FM/Db2
- FM/Db2 overview
- System requirements for File Manager for Db2®
- Getting started with FM/Db2
- Working with templates
  - Associating a template with a Db2® object
  - Information stored in a template
  - Using templates with non-Db2 data
  - Editing a template
  - Selecting rows
  - Manipulating columns
  - Specifying scrambling options
  - Mapping data
  - Creating a copybook from a File Manager/Db2 Template
    FM/Db2 provides a sample REXX exec (FMN2CPYB) that you can use to create a PL/I or COBOL copybook from a File Manager/Db2 template.
- Viewing and changing Db2® data
  To view the contents of a Db2® table or view, use the FM/Db2 View Utility (option 1), the FM/Db2 Edit Utility (option 2), or the FM/Db2 Browse Utility (option B).
- Creating and dropping Db2® objects
- Populating a Db2® table with data
- Copying data
- Working with lists of Db2® objects
- Printing
- Managing Db2® privileges
- Generating batch JCL for Db2® utility jobs
- Working with SQL statements
- Using FM/Db2 functions in batch jobs
  You can perform FM/Db2 functions that can be executed in batch jobs.
- Interfacing with Db2® Interactive

Creating data for a column

If no mapping exists for a To column, and FM/Db2 is unable to match it to a From, FM/Db2 creates data for the column.

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Mapping data

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