Chapter 10: Data Area

A Data area is a small file of one record that has a specific way of being manipulated. Change the data area starting position and length and select a new value.

Display or show the changes – select 4 in the Main menu.

Change Data Area Contents

Option	Description
Data area	Specify the name and library of the data area whose value you wish to edit: ALL = Edit the entire data area generic = Data that starts with the first letter specified. LDA = Local Data Area that is associated with your job can be edited. The length of this data area is 1024 bytes. GDA = Group data area associated with your job can be edited. The length of this data area is 412 bytes.
Library	The library where the data area you wish to work with is located: LIBL = All libraries in the job’s library list are searched until the first match is found. CURLIB = The current library for the job is used to locate the data area. Name = Specify the name of the library where the data area is located.
Format	Specify the format of the area to edit: CHAR = Character HEX = Hexadecimal

Option

Description

Data area

Specify the name and library of the data area whose value you wish to edit:

*ALL = Edit the entire data area

generic* = Data that starts with the first letter specified.

*LDA = Local Data Area that is associated with your job can be edited. The length of this data area is 1024 bytes.

*GDA = Group data area associated with your job can be edited. The length of this data area is 412 bytes.

Library

The library where the data area you wish to work with is located:

*LIBL = All libraries in the job’s library list are searched until the first match is found.

*CURLIB = The current library for the job is used to locate the data area.

Name = Specify the name of the library where the data area is located.

Format

Specify the format of the area to edit:

*CHAR = Character

*HEX = Hexadecimal

Change according to contents: select *all in the name field, a prompt window appears showing the Data Areas in the library, select by typing 1 and change the content.