Extract Utility User's Guide - Supra - Cincom

RestrictionsDescriptionAttributesIf you code a element, it must appear after a tag but beforethe matching tag. You cannot have a without identifyingthe of which it is a subfield.Optional. Describes a field in the extracted output flat file. Extract placesdata in the extracted output flat file field by field as described by the tags. The order in which you code tags determines the order in whichthe associated data appears in each extracted output record. With the tag, however, you direct Extract to place only part of the data ofthe Physical Field in the extracted output.Name=”subfield-name” Required. Identifies the subfield. This can be anyname.Type=”subfield-type” Required. Identifies the data type of the extractedsubfield. 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 overpunchLength=”subfield-length” Required. Identifies the data length of theextracted subfield. Valid values are integers in the range 1 to the length of thefield of which this is a subfield. You must supply the length as a two-digitnumber (with a leading zero for length values less than 10, e.g. 06).Extract Utility User's Guide, P25-9513-03 56Chapter: 5. Coding the Extract functionSection: Coding the XML for the Layout Control file