List of Data Elements

The column names listed in the List of Data Elements tab are:

Name – The name of the data element within the data store.
Data Element Offset – The offset of the data element.
Type – The data type of the data element. For example, Numeric or Alphanumeric.
Nature – The nature of the data element. For example, Alphabetical.
Integer – The number of integers within a numeric data element.
Length – The length of the data element in bytes.
Decimal – The number of digits included to the right of the decimal point.
Enabled – An indicator of whether the data element modification routines have been enabled (Yes, No).
Changer Program – The name of the modification routine associated with the data element.
Assigned By – The changer program assignment (By Class, By Field).
Assigned Class – Description of the associated class.

Note: A list of available values for the Type column is provided in the following table:

Symbol	Type	Database(s)
1	Bit	MVS file type, ODBC-enabled^*
A	Alphanumeric	MVS file type
B	Binary	MVS file type
C	Combined	MVS file type
D	RowID	Oracle
E	Edited Field	MVS file type
F	Float	MVS file type, Oracle, ODBC-enabled*
G	Long	Oracle
H	Char	Oracle, ODBC-enabled*
I	Integer	ODBC-enabled*
K	CLOB	Oracle
L	Date	MVS file type
M	Money	ODBC-enabled*
N	Numeric	MVS file type, ODBC-enabled*
O	BLOB	Oracle
P	Packed	MVS file type
R	Raw	Oracle
S	BigInt	ODBC-enabled*
T	Time	MVS file type
U	Number	Oracle
V	Varchar	Oracle, ODBC-enabled*
W	Varchar2	Oracle
X	Text	ODBC-enabled*
Z	Timestamp	MVS file type, Oracle, ODBC-enabled*
b	VarBinary	ODBC-enabled*
d	Decimal	ODBC-enabled*
e	XML	ODBC-enabled*
f	BFile	Oracle
g	Image	ODBC-enabled*
i	TinyInt	ODBC-enabled*
l	DateTime	ODBC-enabled*
m	SmallMoney	ODBC-enabled*
r	Real	ODBC-enabled*
s	SmallInt	ODBC-enabled*
t	SmallDateTime	ODBC-enabled*
u	UniqueIdentifier	ODBC-enabled*
w	Long Raw	Oracle
x	Text	ODBC-enabled*
*For the ODBC-enabled database, the contents of the Type column reflect the data name reported by the ODBC driver.