Analyzer can process fixed-length and variable-length segmented files. Records in segmented files typically contain a consistent number of unique fields followed by sets of repeating fields called segments or buckets. In a variable-length segmented file the number of repeating segments can vary. Segmented files are sometimes called bucketed files.
Analyzer can easily define segmented files up to and including the first repeating segment. You can use the first segment’s field definitions to process the remaining segments using Analyzer’s Loop command with the OFFSET() function.