There are five types of CMF fields. The types are determined by CICS®, defined in the CMF Dictionary record, and determine the field data type. The CMF field types are listed in Table 1.
CMF field type | Description | Output length |
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C – Character | Character string | Variable |
A – Count | Binary counter | 8 |
P – Decimal | Packed decimal number | 8 |
S – Clock
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Accumulation of Clock time:
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T – Time Stamp | STCK Date/Time Stamp | 5-12 |