Step 1 Review an Existing System Variable

REP004 - System and Multilingual Variables

In this step you will review an existing system variable.

1. In the Repository tab, expand the Resources group.

2. Expand System Variables.

3. Expand the M group (if the system variables are grouped alphabetically) to show all system variables starting with M.

4. Locate and open the *MONTH system variable in the Editor. You will see a "Read Only" dialog as you open it.

Note that, alternatively, you can open the *MONTH system variable by typing Ctrl + O, and specifying *MONTH:

5. Review the system variable definition.

This system variable returns the current month. It uses the LANSA supplied program M@SYSVAR to set the value. Do NOT change the system variable.

6. Close the system variable.