COBOL Data Description Selection

  1. Select a data description that needs to be included in the modernization effort.

  2. Click View Source File to view the source.

  3. Click Next.

The following table contains descriptions of the display fields. 

Field

Description

Record Name

The name of the data description that was found by the parser.

FD Name

The file description file name.

COMS Usage

None

The MCP COBOL Data Source Wizard could not determine the usage.

Send

If the Auto Discovery of COMS Send and Receive Records check box was selected on the previous screen, the data description was referenced in a Transaction Server SEND statement, and the ClearPath ePortal server message is referred to as an output record.

Receive

If the Auto Discovery of COMS Send and Receive Records check box was selected on the previous screen, the data description was referenced in a Transaction Server RECEIVE statement, and the ClearPath ePortal server message is referred to as an input record.

Send and Receive

If the Auto Discovery of COMS Send and Receive Records check box was selected on the previous screen, the data description was referenced in a Transaction Server SEND statement and a Transaction Server RECEIVE statement, and the ClearPath ePortal server message is referred to as an input/output record.