Using

This section provides information about the following topics:

• Getting Started with : Log on, accessing, training file creation, and default parameter modification instructions.
• Copy and Replace Dates: Practice using Data Solutions to age records and copy them to a new file.
• Aging Using An XREF: Practice using the Aging function to update records in a file requiring multiple record layouts (an XREF).
• Analyzing Data: Practice using Data Solutions to analyze the EMP-HOME-AREA-CODE field in the sample employee file, DASAMP.EMPLOYEE, using a filter to limit the analysis to the area codes specified in the Filter Data set.
• Using the Translator: Practice using Data Solutions to translate data. This example performs an area code split by searching for area codes and corresponding exchanges and replacing them with new area codes.
• Generating Data: Practice using Data Solutions to fill fields with data. This example inserts random numeric values from 1000 to 9000 in the EMP-LIFE-INS-WITHOLD-AMT field of the DASAMP.EMPLOYEE file.
• Creating Criteria Using Global Fields: Learn how to create criteria using a global field (user variable) and Field-to-Field comparisons with the Data Solutions Criteria Sets utility (option S).
• Using Data Solutions with Other File-AID Products: Information on using File-AID/Data Solutions with record layouts and XREFs created with File-AID/MVS, File-AID for IMS, File-AID for DB2, and File-AID/RDX products.