Unsupported Clauses, Features, Levels, and Phrases

COBOL clauses, levels, and phrases that are not supported by the Data Conversion Connector might be ignored or result in an unsupported copybook. The following table gives the details about such unsupported features:

Features Description
Level 66 The connector ignores the data elements defined with level 66 (RENAMES clause).
Level 88 The connector ignores the data elements defined with level 88 (VALUE or VALUES clause).
BLANK WHEN ZERO The connector ignores this clause.
EXTERNAL
GLOBAL
JUSTIFIED
Nested copybooks The connector does not support copybooks that contain the COPY directive for other copybooks.
OCCURS clause
  • ASCENDING
  • DESCENDING
  • INDEXED
  • KEY
The connector ignores these phrases for the OCCURS clause.
SYNCHRONIZED clause
  • LEFT
  • RIGHT
The connector ignores these phrases for the SYNCHRONIZED clause and presumes LEFT clause.
USAGE clause
  • NATIVE
  • OBJECT REFERENCE
The connector ignores these phrases for the USAGE clause.