DEFINE TEMPLATE statement

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The DEFINE TEMPLATE statement refines the update definition to include only specified fields and to change the order of these fields in the output file.

Syntax
Parameters
Example

Syntax

DEFINE TEMPLATE statement

Parameters

DEFINE TEMPLATE template_name

Specifies the name of the template. The name of the template definition must be the same as the update definition that it is associated with. The custom template definition replaces the default template definition that is created by the update definition.

Important: The DEFINE TEMPLATE statements must be included after the

DEFINE
UPDATE

statement in the input stream because the field names are verified based on the fields in the update definition.

FOR update_name

Specifies the name of the update definition that this template augments.

ORDER (field_name,...)

Specifies the order of fields for this template. One field_name entry represents a field that is required for this template.

field_name: Specifies the name of the field. The field names must be unique in a template, and they must be names that are already defined in the update definition that this template is augmenting.
Important: Do not specify repeated field names.

AS &IBM_FILE_FORMAT

This parameter must be included as shown in the syntax.

Example

The following example shows a simple DEFINE TEMPLATE statement.

DEFINE TEMPLATE SMF_030_CUST FOR SMF_030_CUST
  ORDER
    (SMF30JBN,
     SMF30PGM,
     SMF30STM,
     SMF30UIF)
  AS &IBM_FILE_FORMAT;