Field keywords

 

Keyword overview
Keyword	Purpose
PosField	The start position of the field names.
FixLenField	Specifies a fixed length, in characters, for the field names. If the field names and field values in the input data are column separated, you must specify a fixed length.
ChrSepField	The character used in the input to separate the field name and field value.
AlwaysCreateField	Always create a field. If the field has no value in the input, a field will be created with an empty value ("").
ScriptField	Use a script to define the start position, length, etc. of the fields.
LabelPrefix	The prefix label.
PosLabelPrefix	The start position of the prefix label.
PosPrefix	The position of the prefix.
ChrSepPrefix	The character used in the input to separate the prefix label and prefix.
ScriptPrefix	Use a script to define a prefix.
LabelStartVariable	A key that triggers the creation of a variable. The key should match one or more characters in a field name. When this key is found in the input data, a variable $<field name> is created.
PosLabelStartVariable	The start position of LabelStartVariable.
ChrStartVariable	A single-character key that triggers the creation of a variable. The key should match the first character in a field name. When this key is found in the input data, a variable $<field name> is created. Note that the key character is removed from the variable name.
LabelFieldCont	Several fields in the input data can be concatenated to one single field in the output. When the key specified by LABELFIELDCONT is found in the input, the current field and the next field will be concatenated.
PosLabelFieldCont	The start position of LabelFieldCont.
FieldContString	Determines which character to insert between the concatenated field values.
PosValue	The start position of the field value.
IgnoreBlankFieldValues	Ignore empty fields, i.e. field values that contain only white spaces.
KeepFieldSpaces	Keep leading spaces in field values.
EndValueDesc	The character that specifies the end of the field value in the input data. Default is line feed.