Error while importing

[nynali]

Please let me know hoe to handle this kind of error?

When validating import/export function: APT_GFIX_Decimal::validateParameters: the decimal "text" format is variable length, and no external length is specified;
you should possibly specify an appropriate "width" property; external format: {text, padchar=32, nofix_zero, precision=2, scale=0, round=trunc_zero, ascii}.

I have a MF file which has a field whose value looks as '0A' while browsing but actually that field is Signed NUmeric field[S9(02)] i.e., when browsed using a copybook the actual value is 1.I NDMed this file to UNIX in ASCII mode then used the same as input in DS job Sequential stage and I have defined the field as DECIMAL(2,0) but it is throwing the above error.
Please help me on this.

[ray.wurlod]

You need to specify that the file has fixed width format.