Although there are many DSORGs and RECFMs in Micro Focus Server, the data is stored using relatively few file formats. Connect ETL supports most of these file formats natively, so you can use DMXMFJCL with almost any type of data set. The common DSORGs and RECFMs are summarized in the table below.
| DSORG | RECFM | Connect ETL File Type |
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F FB |
Fixed record length | |
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FA FBA FBM FM |
Fixed record length1 | |
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V VB |
Micro Focus sequential with variable record length2,3 | |
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VA VBA VBM VM |
Micro Focus sequential with variable record length1,2 | |
| LSEQ | Micro Focus line sequential | |
| VSAM | * | Indexed4 |
| 1The “A” or “M” indicate that the records contain control characters that are used for printing. You will need to remove one byte from the beginning of your record layout to accommodate this. |
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2Variable files include a record descriptor word that is considered part of the data on the mainframe. You will need to remove four bytes from the beginning of your record layout to accommodate this. |
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3The DMExpress Task Editor does not currently allow you to specify an encoding for Micro Focus files. When using variable files in the same task with fixed files, do not specify encoding for the fixed file(s). |
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4DMExpress cannot create indexed files, so VSAM data sets cannot be used as output for DMXMFJCL. |