What is the purpose of the "N" in the following calculation specification?

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What is the purpose of the "N" in the following calculation specification? C KEY CH..

Answer / sukhvir singh

If you specify 'N' in 53rd position, the record will not be locked if you try to read the locked record. It is a way of avoiding the record lock.

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