Extract Utility User's Guide - Supra - Cincom

RestrictionsDescriptionAttributesYou must ensure that a field whose name appears as a Name attribute within a tag also is defined as a Physical Field entity on your SUPRA Directorywithin the File identified in the tag surrounding this tag. TheName attribute is required but the other attributes are optional.Required. Describes a parent field you want to appear in the extracted outputflat file (if no subfields are specified). Extract places data in the extractedoutput flat file field by field as described by the tags. The order inwhich you code tags determines the order in which the associated dataappears in each extracted output record.Name=”field-name” Required. Identifies the Physical Field entity from whichExtract generates the extracted output field. Supply the entity name of aPhysical Field that resides in the file whose name appears as a Name attributein the surrounding tag.Type=”field-type” Optional. Not used if Subfield tags are coded. Required ifno Subfield tags are coded. Identifies the data type of the extracted field.Valid values are:C Character text stringB Binary integer numbersF Floating point numbersP Packed decimal stringZ Zoned decimal numericD Zoned leading decimal numericOPENVMS L Leading separate numericOPENVMS N Numeric trailing overpunchOPENVMS T Trailing separate numericOPENVMS O Numeric leading overpunchExtract Utility User's Guide, P25-9513-03 52Chapter: 5. Coding the Extract functionSection: Coding the XML for the Layout Control file