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  • PowerExchange for CDC and Mainframe 10.4.1
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  1. Preface
  2. PowerExchange Navigator Introduction
  3. Data Maps
  4. Data Maps for Specific Data Sources
  5. Copybooks
  6. Registration Groups and Capture Registrations
  7. Extraction Groups and Extraction Maps
  8. Personal Metadata
  9. Database Row Test
  10. PowerExchange Navigator Examples
  11. Appendix A: PowerExchange Functions for User-Defined Fields
  12. Appendix B: User Access Method Programs
  13. Appendix C: Application Groups and Applications
  14. Appendix D: Data Map Properties
  15. Appendix E: Record, Field, and Table Properties
  16. Appendix F: DTL__CAPXTIMESTAMP Time Stamps
  17. Appendix G: Trace for Creating a Memory Map When Importing a COBOL Copybook

Navigator User Guide

Navigator User Guide

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Step 1. Add a Data Map and Import a PL/I Copybook into the Data Map

Step 1. Add a Data Map and Import a PL/I Copybook into the Data Map

Add a data map and import a PL/I copybook into the data map.
  1. On the
    Resources
     tab in the
    Resource Explorer
    , click
    Add
    Data Map
    .
  2. In the
    Name
     dialog box, enter information about the data map.
    The following table describes the information to enter:
    Option
    Description
    Schema Name
    Enter
    PLI
    .
    Data Map Name
    Enter
    map5
    .
    Access Method
    Select
    SEQ
    .
    Import Record Definitions
    Select this option.
  3. Click
    Next
    .
  4. In the
    SEQ Access Method
     dialog box, enter information about the data file.
    The following table describes the information to enter:
    Option
    Description
    File Name
    Click the Browse button to browse to the train5.dat file in the
    examples
     directory.
    Fixed
    Select this option.
    Size
    Enter
    57
    .
    Default
    Select this option.
    Encoding
    Select
    EBCDIC
    .
    Skip First
    Enter
    1
    .
    After you set the encoding, select the
    Fixed
     option again.
  5. Click
    Finish
    .
  6. In the
    Import Copybook - Source Details
     dialog box, enter information about the copybook.
    The following table describes the information to enter:
    Option
    Description
    Source
    Select
    Local
    .
    Type
    Select
    PL/1
    .
    Start
    Enter
    1
    .
    End
    Enter
    72
    .
  7. Click
    Next
    .
  8. In the
    Import Copybook - Local PL/1 Details
     dialog box, click the Browse button to browse to the train5.pl1 file in the
    examples
     directory.
    To view the copybook, click
    Preview
    .
  9. Click
    Next
    .
  10. In the
    Import Copybook - Configuration Details
     dialog box, select the actions for imported records, fields, and tables and click
    Finish
    . For more information, see Import Copybook - Configuration Details Dialog Box.
  11. In the
    Import Copybook Information
     window, review the information for the import and click
    OK
    .
  12. In the
    Record Definition
     dialog box for the MASTER_REC record, click
    OK
    .
    The
    Copybook Redefines
     message box notifies you that the copybook contains two definitions of the BIN_NO field.
    The
    PL/1 Import
     window appears.
  13. To point to line 6, which contains the FIXED BINARY(16) field, click
    Redefinition
    Next
     or
    Redefinition
    Previous
    .
  14. Click
    Import
    Resume
    .
    The
    PL/1 Import
     window displays the imported copybook.
    The
    Copybook Message Log
     window displays the results of the import operation.
  15. Close the
    PL/1 Import
     window.
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