Originally posted by: Jaango

Hi,

I need to pass LOW-VALUES(am not very sure what kind would that be), as default for a copybook field, to the backend team.

15 :abc       PIC X(15).

I use a WTX transform for this, to always pass the default value. From the mainframe team I got this as sample for the field.

X
'000000000000000000000000000000'

However when I use this rule, it fails because the number of characters is above 15. How can I pass the LOW-VALUES?

my rule map for the above cobol field

=
"X'000000000000000000000000000000'"

error meesage

Map:    Output: abc Field:123 Group:outputcbl Size of input item is greater than size of output item.

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

If by "low value" you mean the NULL character (hex 00) you need to send <<00>> in a string

So something like "X'<<00>><<00>>...." should do the trick
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

=FILLRIGHT("<NULL>", "<NULL>", 15)
or
=FILLRIGHT("<<00>>", "<<00>>", 15)
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Originally posted by: KK_WTX

Hi,

Case-1:
If the value is a hard-coded/fixed value and the size is more than 15 characters means it won't accept.It will through the below error

Map: Output: abc Field:123 Group:outputcbl
Size of input item is greater than size of output item.

You have to increase the size of the output field.

Case-2:

If the value is not fixed than we can use below rules.

=LEFT(value,15)
or
=FILLRIGHT(value, "", 15)
Thanks.
KK.
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