Both factor 2 and the result field must be the same type - either character, graphic, or UCS-2. Graphic or UCS-2 CCSIDs must be the same, unless one of the CCSIDs is 65535, or in the case of graphic fields, CCSID(*GRAPH: *IGNORE) was specified on the control specification.
On a character, graphic, or UCS-2 MOVEA operation, movement of data ends when the number of characters moved equals the shorter length of the fields specified by factor 2 and the result field; therefore, the MOVEA operation could end in the middle of an array element. Variable-length arrays are not allowed.