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Workspace z/OS Connect
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Created on Dec 11, 2018

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Need controls for setting array size based on user-defined Counter variable

We need the ability to control size of transformed arrays based on a used-defined variables other than OBJECTS of ODO (OCCURS DEPENDING ON), in COBOL.

This is perhaps best suited for new API Mapping capability allowing the user to identify the field that controls the number of rows to populate for a given array.

Idea priority Urgent
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    |     Jul 31, 2019

    This requirement is addressed by z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3.0.23 / APAR PH13344:
    https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?crawler=1&uid=swg1PH13344

    z/OS Connect EE V3.0.23 and the API toolkit V3.0.6.7 have been enhanced to allow numeric service fields to be defined as counters for fixed and variable length arrays.

    For further details about Defining Array Counter, refer to the “Defining service fields” topic in the z/OS Connect EE V3.0 Knowledge Center:
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS4SVW_3.0.0/designing/service_fields.html

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