The Data Element Table view contains
information about the data items declared in the program.
The data element table in the
Data Element Table view
can contain the following information about each data item.
- Data item name
- Declared level
- Top-level structure name
- Declaration data
- Declaration location
- Declaration line number
- Number of references to the data item
- Item type
- Initial value
- Full declaration
The data element table is based on the parsing of a program including
copybooks associated with the program. Parsing includes real-time
syntax checking of the program, and included and found copybooks.
If you double-click the a row in the table, the corresponding data
in the source file is highlighted in the editor. A right-mouse click
within a row, opens a pop-up menu. From the pop-up menu, you can do
the following actions:
- Open Declaration which highlights the data
item declaration in the editor
- Occurrences in Hiearachy
The
Data Element Table view provides toolbar
items and a drop-down menu for filtering the data to display in the
table. You can also hide the type of information to display.
- Type search text to filter by Name
- Limit the data shown by name.
- Shows a list of functions to perform on the Data Element Table.
- Columns
- Select which columns to display in the table. The Name column
is always displayed. The Name column is sorted
alphabetically. It can be sorted in ascending or descending order
using the sort icon on the column name field. You can change the size
of a column by dragging the column header. Columns can also be dragged
from one location into another.
- Filters
- Select Filter to define a search argument
to limit the program data items shown based on the name value specified
as the search argument. You can use a wildcard to narrow or broaden
the search scope.
- Reset view
- Sets the filter and columns to the default settings.
- Refresh automatically
- Refreshes the data element table automatically whenever the symbol
table is parsed successfully within the editor. If this option is
disabled, the table can be refreshed manually using the refresh icon.