Supported COBOL Clauses and Features

Clause Notes
DATE FORMAT This clause specifies that an item is a date field. For more information, see DATE FORMAT Clause.
OCCURS This clause specifies that the item repeats a fixed number of times. In the schema, such items are represented as type array.
OCCURS … DEPENDING ON ... This clause specifies that the item repeats a number of times defined by the value of another data item. For more information , see OCCURS min To max TIMES DEPENDING ON object Clause.

In the schema, such items are represented as type array.

REDEFINES This clause specifies that two or more items occupy the same storage. The connector aggregates these items as properties of an object named redefineGroupN. JSON data of this object can only contain one property.
SIGN This clause specifies the position and mode of representation of the operational sign for the signed numeric item.
SYNCHRONIZED This clause specifies an elementary item’s alignment on a natural boundary in storage.
VALUE This clause specifies a data item's initial content. The Render Copybook Data activity generates that value for items whose values are not specified in the input data.