SF segment type format

The IMS catalog SF segment type contains information about a sensitive field definition for a sensitive segment in a program control block (PCB).

Segment name
SF
Parent name
SS
Sequence field
SENFLSEQ
Segment length
40 bytes
Table 1. SF segment type format
Offset (bytes) Length (bytes) Data type Field name Description Unique key field
1 2 X LEN Length of this segment  
3 2 X CTL Control field  
5 2 X SENFLSEQ Sequence field, type = U X
  5 2 X SEQNUM Sequence number  
9 8 C IMSNAME The IMS name of the field as defined in the FLD catalog record  
17 2 X START The offset of the field from the beginning of the segment as returned in the user I/O area  
19 1 C REPL Indicates if the field can be altered on a replace call  
20 21 C FILLER Reserved