Define Symbol Modification or Setting

You can modify master or active symbols as End-of-Job action. Analogous to BS2000 job variables, it is possible to set or modify substrings of symbols.

This document covers the following topics:


Field Descriptions: Symbol Modification

Meaning of the input fields:

Field Description
Set Contents of ... Symbol Modification Mode. In this field you can specify where the symbol setting should be performed.
A Perform modification in the active table.
M Perform modification in the Master table.
B Perform modification in both tables.
Symbol A symbol or a symbol substring can be set or modified depending on the occurrence of any event.
in Symbol Table  Symbol table to be used.
Run  Run number to be used. If empty (zero), a master symbol will be modified.
at Position  Enter position of symbol substring to be set. Possible values: 1 through 80.
Default: 1.
in Length  Enter length of symbol substring to be set. Possible values: 1 through 80.
Default: 80.

Note:
The effective value length may be shortened do to this definition.

with Format  Enter format in which the symbol substring is to be set. Possible values:
alphanumeric
alphanumeric (lower case)
alphanumeric (upper case)
numeric
to Value  The value to be set into the complete symbol or a substring of the symbol.

Symbol replacement is possible.

If the effective value length (after symbol replacement) is longer than in Length, the value will be shortened to this length.
Execute if temporary Dummy If Y or N is specified here, the End-of-Job action will be executed according to this definition, if the job was executed as a temporary dummy job. If the field is left empty, the defaults for the action apply.