User Guide > Data Type Reference > IMS Flat
  

IMS Flat

The following table describes the operations that you can perform on data types for IMS Flat file system:
Data Types
Data Movement
Entity Criteria
Data Masking
Data Generation
Profiling
Comments
Bin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Char
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Date
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Double
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Float
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num16
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num16U
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num32
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num32U
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num64
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num64U
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num8
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Num8U
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Numchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Packed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Spacked
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Time
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Timestamp
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Upacked
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Uzoned
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Varbin
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Varchar
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.
Zoned
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
You cannot run entity profiles.