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Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:54 am**

Hi guys,
is it possible to use a symbolic name in an include?
So far, my attempts are failing.

I am using symbolic names because most fields are variable length.
I want to compare only the first bytes of the field.

here is my code.
this is in symnames

CKEY,1,8
FLD2,%00
FLD3,%01
FLD4,%02
PIPE,'|'
BLNK,' '

and this is the actual code

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SYSIN :
* SORT FIELDS=COPY
INREC PARSE=(FLD2=(ABSPOS=10,FIXLEN=8,ENDBEFR=BLNK),
FLD3=(FIXLEN=13,ENDBEFR=BLNK),
FLD4=(FIXLEN=11,ENDBEFR=BLNK)),
BUILD=(CKEY,PIPE,FLD2,PIPE,FLD3,PIPE,FLD4,PIPE)
SORT FIELDS=COPY
INCLUDE COND=(FLD3,04,CH,EQ,C'RACF')
DATA DICTIONARY SYMBOLS SUBSTITUTED :
INREC PARSE=(%00=(ABSPOS=10,FIXLEN=8,ENDBEFR=C' '),%01=(FIXLEN=13,ENDBEFR=C' '),
%02=(FIXLEN=11,ENDBEFR=C' ')),BUILD=(1,8,C'|',%00,C'|',%01,C'|',%02,C'|')
SORT FIELDS=COPY
INCLUDE COND=(%01,04,CH,EQ,C'RACF')
*
WER268A INCLUDE STATEMENT : SYNTAX ERROR
WER211B SYNCSMF CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000

how can I fix this?

Thanks

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:07 am**

A couple of problems. No matter the order you code them, they are going to run like this:

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INCLUDE ....
INREC ....

If you look at the documentation of symbols, I doubt you'll find anything which will allow you to use them like that. You can't make the start position of a field "variable".

You can use a symbol in an INCLUDE/OMIT. You can't use it there. You can't use a PARSEd field, because INREC, the earliest point you can use PARSE, runs after INCLUDE/OMIT.

If you show a sample of your data, expected output and what it is you are trying to achieve, we may have some suggestions. You can't do it how you are attempting it.

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:29 am**

thanks Billy,
I made a mistake when I swap the INCLUDE & INREC statements.

I think is better to do it in separate steps.

Thanks

Miguel

Posted: **Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:47 am**

having said that,
what I was really after (or what I should have done) is to use the INCLUDE in the OUTFIL statement.
attempting that... with the symbolic reference...

think of data
date 2014-12-08
12345678 lucas racf38978 actionx
98765432 recorch3 window3 actiony
23456789 outhandle racf8978 actionz
87654321 zap linux387 actionx

I only care about the racf in third field.
not sure if the BUILD is necessary here.

so the end data should look like this
12345678|lucas|racf38978|actionx|2014-12-08|
23456789|outhandle|racf8978|actionz|2014-12-08|

but haven't finished. in fact, I started with an imcomplete model.
I guess I should go with the INREC IFWHEN=GROUP to get the date from header record first...
so... working on it...

Thanks Billy

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