CFF stage

mydsworld · Post by **mydsworld** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:36 pm

Hi,

Please let me know why we use CFF stage.

1. Is it for handling file with different metadata.
2. What's Level numbers, can we assign them arbitrarily. For example :

01 Corporation
02 HeadOffice KY
03 Bob Employee Lexinton

...
...

3. I can not import a COBOL file definition using file shown above.

Please advise.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:53 pm

A COBOL file definition (FD) contains "the file shown above". Therefore it's no surprise you can't import it using the file shown above.

When importing a COBOL FD you must specify the start position of the "A margin" - of the level 01 item(s).

What error are you getting when trying to import a COBOL FD?

CFF stage has a number of uses, including handling multi-level data, unpacking OCCURS data, translation from EBCDIC, unpacking packed decimals, to name a few.

mydsworld · Post by **mydsworld** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:36 pm

When I try to import the COBOL file definition I get the error :

'File contains no table definition (01 level is not found)'

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:08 pm

Determine in which column the level 01 item appears and fill in this value during the import. Its default value is 8. It appears that your COBOL FD has its A margin in a different column number.