CA Mainframe VM Product Manager - 1.2 : Using the Data Definition Tables

The remaining chapters of this book contain the product data definition tables. Each data definition table contains the following information to describe the input data to VMRGRW:

  • Field Name
    Indicates the name of the data field in the input file.
  • Start
    Indicates the column where the field starts in the input file.
  • Length
    Indicates the length of the input file field.
  • Display
    Indicates the format used to print numeric fields.
  • Type
    Indicates the data type of the field. Refer to the table in Building the Control File for a summary of each field type.
  • Default Column Header
    Displays the column header VMRGRW prints on reports. You may use the DEFINE control file statement to change the default value.
  • Description
    Provides description of the field and is not part of the input file.
    This column also provides the literal values used in a work field associated with the data field identified in the row's first column. A work field is a temporary field that provides additional information for an existing data field. VMRGRW provides both the work field and literal values for you, saving you the effort of creating a DECODE control statement (page 14) for this data field.
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Important! Never edit any of the product input files from which VMRGRW gets its data (for example, the CA VM:Secure USER DIRECT or AUDIT EXTRACT files). Any alterations could result in unrecoverable data.