Diagnosis
Some data types have a fixed length. For example, the datealways consists of 8 characters, that is, data type DATS isstored as char(8). The output length is calculated from thelength of the data type and the required number of formattingcharacters and, thus, also has a fixed length. For example, theoutput length of DATS is fixed at 10 (8 figures plus two periodsto separate the year from the month and the month from the day).You have specified an output length different from thefixed output length for the data type you have selected.

System Response
The system sets the correct output length automatically and issues amessage.

Procedure
No action required. You may need to check whether you have selected thecorrect data type. You can obtain an overview of allowed data types bypressing the F4 key on the data type field.