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I'm drawing a blank on how to define an array over several fields in a file record.

The file has several fields defined as...

CTTA01 Decimal 17 4
CTTA02 Decimal 17 4
CTTA03 Decimal 17 4
etc..

I THOUGHT I could just define the file on an external DS definition, as follows...
D FileDS E DS extname(FileName)

Then, just add the array definitions using the overlay keyword, as follows...
D CTTA overlay(CTTA01) dim(10) like(CTTA01)


Remembering that this is on a v5r1 system, the compiler rejects it, saying, RNF7303 Subfield defined with keyword OVERLAY is too big; specification ignored.

How are ten elements of packed 17/4 too big for a subfield?

How must I specify this?

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