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Fujitsu Data Editor for SPARC Architecture

Fujitsu® Data Editor for SPARC Architecture lets you create and manipulate the data files for your COBOL applications with an interactive, easy-to-use editor. Because Data Editor is focused on COBOL, it understands COBOL record descriptions and displays the data using the record descriptions from your COBOL programs. Data editing is fast and intuitive, allowing you to make your updates with minimal amount of effort.

The SPARC Architecture version of the Data Editor works in a client-server manner. The interactive interface runs on a Windows client, while the actual files reside on a Sun Solaris server.

Highlights: 
  • Edit COBOL format and binary data files with data presented as defined in COBOL record descriptions
  • Automatically create test data using the Data Generation feature to populate fields with variable values.
  • Browse existing data files
  • Set values for testing particular program conditions
  • Verify updated data
  • Search for values within fields
  • Import data from, and export data to, XML data files.

Data Editor displays the item names and descriptions alongside the data contained in that item. It understands tables, re-definitions and record keys, and communicates these properties in its data displays.

Using these features you can see the data in the same manner you view data from the COBOL program. Data Editor is easy to use and helps you work quickly and effectively.

Fujitsu's Data Editor is one of the components of the NetCOBOL Enterprise Edition. 

Select the View to Match Your Purpose

Data Editor offers highly configurable views of your data. There are two main formats - table format and record format.

In table format, Data Editor displays each record in a single row - like a spreadsheet display. Use this format when you want to compare item values across many records.

In record format, Data Editor displays one record at a time, with each elementary item occupying a single row. Use this format when you want to see as much data as possible on each record.

Data Editor also allows you to select:

  • Which elementary items are displayed
  • Whether to display level numbers, item descriptions, and offsets
  • Which record definition or redefinition to use
  • Whether or not to expand tables
  • Whether or not to display the toolbar and status bar
  • The font to be used
  • Whether to edit in character format or hexadecimal

With all these options you control what you want to see, allowing you to focus on the information that is most important to you.

Related Tools

Data Editor is integrated with Data Converter so that data can be passed quickly and conveniently to Data Converter

Benefits: 
  •  Provides quick, convenient way of checking actual values stored in files (for example, if you are seeing unexpected results and want to be sure the input data matches formats and layouts expected by the program).
  • Fast generation of test data using the functions for adding records with automatically generated data values.
  • Easy set up of specific test data conditions by editing values directly into the test files.
  • Supports fixing production data problems aided by a print function that can be used to provide an audit trail of changes made.