Conversion Formats from Rendezvous

The following two tables list the supported Rendezvous data types during data transformation (mapping) performed by Substation ES.

RV-to-COBOL Data Types

RV Field Usage COBOL Picture Maximum Value Size in Bytes
STRING Alphanumeric PIC X(n) n
OPAQUE Alphanumeric PIC X(n) n
IPPORT16 BINARY 9(4) BINARY +32767 2
9(4) COMP-5 +65535 2
IPADDR32 Alphanumeric PIC X(15) 255.255.255.255 15
BINARY 9(9) COMP-5 4
S9(10) BINARY 8
DATETIME C runtime value = ctime Field = 10 digits
9(9) COMP-5 4
BOOLEAN Alphanumeric PIC X(1) 1
Numeric Field => 2 bytes

RV-to-COBOL Data Types (Numeric Fields)

RV Field Usage COBOL Picture Maximum Value Size in Bytes
I8 BINARY S9(3) BINARY +127/-128 2
ZONED S9(3) DISPLAY 3
U8 BINARY 9(3) BINARY +255 2
ZONED S9(3) DISPLAY 3
I16 BINARY S9(4) BINARY +32767/-32768 2
ZONED S9(5) DISPLAY 5
PACKED S9(5) COMP-3 3
U16 BINARY 9(4) COMP-5 +65535 2
ZONED 9(5) DISPLAY 5
PACKED 9(5) COMP-3 3
I32 BINARY S9(9) BINARY +2147483647/

-2147483648

4
ZONED S9(10) DISPLAY 10
PACKED S9(10) COMP-3 6
U32 BINARY 9(9) COMP-5 +4294967295 4
ZONED 9(10) DISPLAY 10
PACKED 9(10) COMP-3 6
I64 BINARY S9(18) BINARY +/-

999,999,999,999,999,999

8
ZONED S9(18) DISPLAY 18
PACKED S9(18) COMP-3 10
U64 BINARY 9(18) BINARY +999,999,999,999,999,999 8
ZONED 9(18) DISPLAY 18
PACKED 9(18) COMP-3 10
F32 FLOAT COMP-1 4
ZONED S9(10)V999 13
PACKED S9(10)V999 COMP-3 7
F64 FLOAT COMP-2 8
ZONED S9(15)V999

DISPLAY

18
PACKED S9(15)V999 COMP-3 10