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.