Within each data category, there are several data types, which correspond to Analyzer field types. Some data types are defined by industry standards, such as ASCII. Others were developed to address the specific needs of a computer manufacturer or software developer, such as IBMFloat or ACCPAC.
Data Categories and Analyzer Field Types
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Data Category
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Analyzer Field Type
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Character |
ASCII |
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UNICODE (UTF8, UTF16, UTF16 Big Endian) |
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EBCDIC |
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Custom |
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PCASCII |
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Numeric |
Arbutus |
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ACCPAC |
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Basic |
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Binary |
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Float |
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Halfbyte |
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IBMFloat |
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Micro |
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Numeric |
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Packed |
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Unisys |
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Unsigned |
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Vaxfloat |
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Zoned |
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Logical |
Logical |
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Date or Time |
DateTime |