Transferring Data to New Members in a New File

By using a transfer request from a workstation to the iSeries, eServer™ i5, or System i5® system, you can transfer data to new members in a new iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file. This is one of the safest transfer methods, because data already stored in theiSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file is not replaced with that transferred from the workstation.

There are two ways of transferring data to new members in a new iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file. The method used depends on the data to be transferred.

For data that is broken up into fields, correct conversion is achieved by transferring it in units of fields. Specify use of the workstation file-description file at data transfer. In addition, specify data as the type of the eServer i5 or iSeries file.
When an iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file and its members are created, the transfer function must access the description of the format of each field to be transferred in the iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file. You can get this description, called a field-reference file, from the iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file. To create an iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file and its members, specify the name of this iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 field reference file, as well as the parameters for the other files and members. Note that only the fields to be transferred are defined in a new file.
For data consisting only of text or source statement records, it is not necessary to break up the records into fields. In addition, the workstation file-description file is not required to transfer data. In other words, an iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 physical source file is created.