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<h1 class="topictitle1">Define fields derived from existing field definitions</h1>
<div><p>Listed here are the operations allowed by defining fields derived
from existing field definitions.</p>
<div class="p">Mapped field definitions: <ul><li>Allow you to create internal fields that specify selection values, as
shown in <a href="rbafoqrymapf.htm#rbafoqrymapf">Example 7: Select records using the Open Query File (OPNQRYF) command</a> .</li>
<li>Allow you to avoid confusion when the same field name occurs in multiple
files, as shown in <a href="rbafodynjfex1.htm#rbafodynjfex1">Example 1: Dynamically join database files without DDS</a> .</li>
<li>Allow you to create fields that exist only in the format to be processed,
but not in the database itself. This allows you to perform translate, substring,
concatenation, and complex mathematical operations. The following
examples describe this function.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafofdefdex1.htm">Example 1: Define fields derived from existing field definitions</a></strong><br />
This example shows the use of derived fields.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafofdefdex2.htm">Example 2: Define fields derived from existing field definitions</a></strong><br />
This example shows the use of built-in functions.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafofdefdex3.htm">Example 3: Define fields derived from existing field definitions</a></strong><br />
This example shows the use of derived fields and built-in functions.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafodynrs.htm" title="Dynamic record selection allows you to request a subset of the records in a file without using data description specifications (DDS).">Select records without using DDS</a></div>
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