Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Type Designer Reference Guide
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Chapter 5 - Item Properties
This chapter discusses the properties of item types. Item types define data for a
selected type. Item types are divided into the following subclasses: Number,
Text, Date & Time, and Syntax. Each item subclass has a specific set of
properties.
The following illustration breaks down the three class values and their type
formats, presentations, and interpretations.
Item Subclass
Both category and item types have the Item Subclass property. The subclass of
an item determines the characteristics of the data.
Category Item
Object Properties
Syntax
Character
Integer
Decimal
Zoned
Group
Choice Sequence Unordered
Explicit
Delimited
Fixed
Implicit
Delimited
No Syntax
Number
Binary
Integer
Float
Packed
BCD
Text
Binary
Character
Date & Time
Binary Character
Packed
BCD