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Roopanwita · Post by **Roopanwita** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:34 am

Hi,
Can any one tell me what is the What is level_number in COBOL file?

Thanks,

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:23 am

The "Level Number" comes from COBOL. Level 01 is usually the record name, levels 77 and 88 have special meanings. All the other numbers can be chosen at will. Convention is to use steps of 5 or 10 for levels and that each sub-record or group has a higher value than the level it is a subdivision of.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Fri May 16, 2008 7:07 am

Level 88 (working storage) is not supported by DataStage.
Level 01 will never appear - the level 01 item is taken to be the table name.