Mapping from a floating component type
About this task
If an input card data object is a group that has a floating component type, you can map from the floating component type. A floating component must be distinguishable from every component of the group it is assigned to. On input, a floating component can appear after the initiator and after each component. If a floating component is associated with an input data object, it can appear as the first component.
If a type object has content, a floating component is built as the specified literal after the initiator and after each component. If this feature is used, it is up to the user to include a literal that will validate as an object of the type of the floating component.
You cannot map to a floating component in the output. If you have a floating component in the output data to which you want to map, you must define them as components of the output.
To display floating component types on the input card:
Procedure
- On the Tools menu, click Options.
- Click From Window.
- Select the Show floating component type check box.
- Click OK.