Select Items
This screen is used to choose the data items to be displayed and edited. Additional items can be selected by incrementing the OCCURS phrase.  Items are displayed in the Record Format View and the Table Format View according to the settings in the Select Items dialog box, which is accessible only from the Record Format View.
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Select Items is not normally used in the following circumstances:
Screen Format Type Displayed Item Item which can be edited
Record Format View Record/Group Item/Basic Item Basic Item Only
Table Format View Basic Item Basic Item Only
When the OCCURS phrase is used, all items of the array, (1)-array (maximum value), are selected.
The redefine item has not been selected.
Select Items Fields
Record Format
The Record Format drop down list contains all of the level records defined in the COBOL library associated with the data file. Select the record definition you wish to use. The items contained in the record are displayed in the list box below.
Show OCCURS items
This checkbox is enabled only when an item with an OCCURS phrase exists in the COBOL library.  Checking this check box results in all OCCURS groups to be displayed. Unchecking this box results in the display of only the first group.
Select items to be displayed
Select the items to be displayed from the list of items. The list contains all the items in the selected record with OCCURS items expanded or not, according to the Show OCCURS items check box.
The list is dsplayed as follows:
- Displays all items in the record selected by Record Format Specification.
- Displays according to the setting of OCCURS Phrase Progress.
- The redefine item is displayed at the same position as the mark of "R" on the left side, and the definition by the COBOL registration collection file. An item displayed in any level greater than one becomes an item to be redefined.
The condition that can be selected is as follows:
- The item which corresponds to a main key in the indexed file has been unconditionally selected.
- When both the basic item included in the group item and the group item are selected, becomes a form from which only the group item is selected.
- When both the redefine item and the item to be redefined are selected, becomes a form from which only the item to be redefined is selected.