If your data is of unicode-type (this is the case for specific Enterprise Resource Planning software), you need to activate its management and configure the related options.
About this task
Procedure
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Stop and restart any distribution of the AS/400 IBMi source. Select a source,
go to Distribute and right-click to access its
Properties. In the Activity
tab, click the Start button.
This enables the creation of Unicode variable in the DD_YSRDATA/DD_CFG data area. To read the data area and check the variable was created and set to 0, enter DSPDTAARA DD_USRDATA/DD_CFG command.
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On the AS/400 IBMi machine, in DD_USRDATA/DD_CFG data area, you need to set the
Unicode variable to 1. It activates the Unicode management on the AS/400 IBMi
source machine.
- To update the variable value, use CHGDTAARA DTAARA(DD_USRDATA/DD_CFG (XXX1)) VALUE('1') command (XXX is the position of the 0|1 value of Unicode variable).
- To read the data area and check the variable update, use DSPDTAARA DD_USRDATA/DD_CFG command.
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In all models of AS/400 IBMi source, you need to update the table structures
that have a GRAPHIC or NCHAR field. For this operation, go to the Manager and
click Force the change of structure button that is
available in two different ways.
- Either go to the Tables tab and right-click on a table in a model, then click Force the change of structure:
- Or go to the List tab, select various tables and right-click to access the menu, then click Force the structure changes:
