Data Transformation Engine Type Designer Reference Guide

Chapter 5 - Item Properties Number Item Subclass Properties
Character Integer Presentation
The Integer value is a whole number.
Note Further information on the Integer value is found in the Integer Separators
section.
Character Decimal Presentation
The Decimal value is a number that contains decimals.
Note Further information on the Decimal value is found in the Decimal Separators
section.
Zoned Character Presentation
The Zoned value is a number that has a size, decimal place, pad, and sign
properties.
Use the Size (content) property to specify the size of the zoned number. The
size of a zoned number can also be specified in terms of minimum and maximum.
The minimum size must be less than or equal to the maximum size.
When the content size of a character-zoned number is used, the last digit and the
sign are combined into the same digit but the content size does not include the
initiator, terminator, release characters, or pad characters.
Note When the content size of a character-zoned number is important (for example,
when the SIZE function is used on the character zoned number), the content size
includes the sign but does not include the initiator, terminator, release characters,
or pad characters.
Use the Sign property to define whether the zoned number will be signed. The
default value is No.
The size of a zoned number is specified in terms of the minimum and maximum
number of digits. If the size is specified with the Min and Max properties, the sign
is not included.
Example
Zoned Number Not Signed Signed Zoned Number
1230 123{
1231 123A
(Length = 4 digits) (Length = 4 digits)