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Record Properties - Name

View or edit properties for a record.

You can edit the record name. For IMS, SEQ, and VSAM records, you edit some additional properties.

Record Name: Required. A user-defined record name.

Maximum length is 256 characters.

Valid characters are ASCII characters and the pound and yen sign.
Segment Name: For IMS DL/1 batch or ODBA. Required. The name of the segment from the IMS DBD.
Variable Length: For IMS DL/1 batch or ODBA. Select this option if the specified segment is a variable-length segment.

Default is cleared.
Parent Segment Name: For IMS DL/1 batch or ODBA. The name of the parent segment.
Root Segment: For IMS DL/1 batch or ODBA. Positions the specified segment directly beneath the root segment.

Clear this option to enter a parent segment name in the
Parent Segment Name
box.

Default is cleared.
Parent Record Name: Optional for SEQ or VSAM. Select the parent record name. You cannot select the currently selected record, any children of the currently selected record, any records that redefine a base record, or any trailer or header records.
Redefines Record Name: Optional for SEQ or VSAM. Select the name of the base record that the current record redefines. You cannot select the currently selected record or any records that redefine a base record.

If the record is redefined by another record, this option is disabled.
Header/Trailer Record: Optional for SEQ or VSAM. Select
HEADER
or
TRAILER
. The caching algorithm that runs on the PowerCenter Integration Service machine uses this value to improve the performance of multiple-record write operations.

If a record is identified as being a parent, this option is disabled.