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Chapter 5 Record Type Specifications Introduction Record Type Specifications tell XSORT which records in a file you wish to have sorted. If you want all the records in a file to be sorted, and they have all been prepared in the same format, you do not have to fill out this section of your XSORT specifications. Often, however, you use these entries to select records for the sort based on comparisons. Your Record Type Specifications will instruct XSORT to compare data in one field (factor 1) with a constant value or data in another field on the same record (factor 2) to decide whether to include (select) or omit (reject) the record for processing.