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Editing Field Data

You can edit character and hexadecimal representations of binary data for a field; however, to do so, you must have a defined segment layout for the segment occurrence. When you have finished editing fields for the segment occurrence, you can issue an ISRT or REPL DL/I call. You can undo segment buffer edits up until the point when you issue the ISRT or REPL call.

You can edit data from either of these two places within the IMS Database Editor:

Editing Area	Description
Field Layout view, Value column	Click in the Value column that corresponds to a field.
Field data	You can click inside this area to edit character and hexadecimal representations of binary data selected in the Layout view. To do so, you must first apply a segment layout for the segment occurrence. When you have finished editing a field, you can save your edits in the segment buffer by clicking inside another part of the IMS Database Editor window. To undo your edits, press Escape before clicking inside another part of the window.

Editing Area

Description

Field Layout view, Value column

Click in the Value column that corresponds to a field.

Field data

You can click inside this area to edit character and hexadecimal representations of binary data selected in the Layout view. To do so, you must first apply a segment layout for the segment occurrence.

When you have finished editing a field, you can save your edits in the segment buffer by clicking inside another part of the IMS Database Editor window.

To undo your edits, press Escape before clicking inside another part of the window.

When you have finished editing a field, you can save your edits in the segment buffer by pressing Enter. This updates the Segment Data area in the left-hand pane. You can undo the edits you have made to a field by pressing Escape instead of Enter.