IMAGINE command

Move Model 204 data to Imagine

This command provides the facilities to extract Model 204 data and load it into Imagine.

Summary

Privileges

File manager

Function

provides the facilities to extract Model 204 data and load it into Imagine.

Syntax for IMAGINE

IMAGINE SYNC | EXTRACT [NOCOMMIT] [TICK t] [MAXPENDING m]

Where:

• SYNC indicates that data is to be extracted and the Model 204 file and Imagine are to be kept in sync after the command.
• SYNC indicates that data is to be extracted but the Model 204 file and Imagine are not to be kept in sync after the command.
• NOCOMMIT indicates that the data is to be sent to Imagine and processed, but not committed. This provides a way of validating that a file can be loaded into Imagine without actually doing so.
• TICK indicates the number of records between progress messages (M204.3073) to the journal. This parameter also sets the frequency of progress messages on Imagine. TICK defaults to 100000.
• MAXPENDING indicates the maximu number of uncommitted record sends to be allowed in the extract. Setting this to a low value could result in reduced transfer rates because of network latency. MAXPENDING defaults to 4095.

There is also a format of the IMAGINE command:

IMAGINE ENDSYNC

That indicates a SYNC or EXTRACT for the file should be terminated.