Log Analyzer does not honor EXTERNAL (Y) PLA member option with UTILITY (APPLY)
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Log Analyzer does not honor EXTERNAL (Y) PLA member option with UTILITY (APPLY)

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Article ID: 7086

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Products

Log Analyzer for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Executing Log Analyzer for Db2 for z/OS (PLA) to generate a load format file with the UTILITY (APPLY) option. 
The EXTERNAL (Y) specification in the PLA member of hlvl.CDBAPARM is not being honored.

The EXTERNAL (Y) option in the PLA member will externalize decimal and integer columns in the generated load file.

Resolution

The EXTERNAL (Y) PLA member option affects the UTILITY (LOAD) and UTILITY (FLOAD) load format options only.