A record is the logical definition of how data is organized. To interpret application data, ECMap needs to know the definitions of the records in the application data file. These record definitions describe the fields in each record so that the program can understand and use the data in the fields.
In ECMap, a record definition must include:
Name of each data field in the record.
Length and starting position of each field in a fixed-length record.
Maximum length of each field in a delimited record and the delimiter character used to separate fields.
Web parameter associated with each field if that field is used in an HTML form.
The record definition may also include other information, such as a description of each data field in the record, but such information is optional and not required by ECMap.
Although you can manually enter the file layout, importing record definitions is more efficient.
You can import them from:
A COBOL copybook
An ODBC database
An HTML form
An XML file or XML schema
A map
A file
