Field Configuration Page

You tailor various aspects of the Copybook’s behavior in the Field Configuration page.

The columns in the Field Configuration tab are described here:

Column Description
Name This column shows a tree view of the copybook structure. You expand or collapse the entire tree by clicking the Expand All or Collapse All buttons.
Highlight redefine groups This check box turns on color highlighting of redefine groups.
Filter This field applies to the Name column and you can use it to filter the rows shown in the tree. Two wildcards are allowed:
  • ? denotes a single arbitrary character.
  • * denotes an arbitrary sequence of characters.

For example, enter UNIT* to show only rows where the value in the name column begins with UNIT.

Type This column displays language-specific information about an item. For COBOL, for example, this column displays USAGE and PICTURE clauses.
XSD Type This column displays the XML schema’s XSD type. The following choices are available:
Default Redefine, Control Field, and Control Values The COBOL REDEFINES clause or a PL/I UNION attribute enables different data-description entries to be located in the same memory area. Such entries are converted to a choice element in the XSD schema. These three columns determine which element the Plug-in generates while parsing a REDEFINES group or UNION.

Note that these columns do not affect rendering.