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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 17, 2016

Support multiple OCCURS DEPENDING ON clauses in LS2JS transform

Enhance the LS2JS transformation to support multiple OCCURS DEPENDING ON clauses within the response copybook.

The current limitation is that we can only have one OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause in a response copybook and it must be the last major element in the copybook structure. This puts significant limitations on the types of data structures that can be returned from the product.

The product should support multiple variable length table structures (OCCURS DEPENDING ON) within the transformation logic.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Jul 20, 2017

    This requirement is addressed by z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition V3.0.

    Support multiple and nested OCCURS DEPENDING ON (Complex ODO) clauses in COBOL-JSON data transform is possible using the new "service interface" capabilities of the z/OS Connect EE API Toolkit. Further details are available in the z/OS Connect EE V3.0 knowledge center topic, "Defining the request and response service interfaces" :

    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS4SVW_3.0.0/com.ibm.zosconnect.doc/designing/service_compose_interface.html