INDICATOR Attribute of the Format 2 COPY Statement

The INDICATOR attribute specifies whether or not data description entries are generated for indicators.

If the INDICATOR attribute is specified, data description entries are generated for indicators, but not for data fields.

An 05 group level entry is generated as follows:
The data description entries that are generated are determined by which one of the usage attributes (I, O, or I-O) is specified or assumed in the COPY statement.

The individual indicator descriptions are generated as described under Indicator Structures.

If the INDICATOR attribute is not specified, whether data description entries are generated for indicators depends on whether the file had the keyword INDARA specified in the DDS at the time it was created.