Use the /FIELD qualifier to define input record fields to be used for a sort or merge operation or in a conditional evaluation, or whose order or format will change in the output record. Identify each field by specifying a name in the /FIELD qualifier, a constant value or the field position, and the size and data type of the field. Field names must be unique; no duplicate field names are allowed. You cannot use more than 255 key field definitions. Once the field-name has been specified in the /FIELD qualifier, it can be used in the /CONDITION, /KEY, and /DATA qualifiers.