Merge pull request 'fix: optimisation, renamed values for DDTYPE to save space' (#285) from ddtype_rename into additional-validations-regex

Reviewed-on: #285

.agent/docs/dependency-updates.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Dependency Updates Checklist
+
+Whenever any `package.json` (root, `client/`, or `sas/`) or lockfile is modified, run the same checks CI runs before pushing:
+
+1. **npm audit** (must be clean for prod deps):
+   ```bash
+   npm audit --omit=dev            # in repo root
+   cd sas && npm audit --omit=dev
+   cd ../client && npm audit --omit=dev
+   ```
+   Fix with `npm audit fix`, targeted `overrides` in `package.json`, or version bumps — never `npm audit fix --force` blindly, as it can introduce breaking changes.
+
+2. **License checker** (client only):
+   ```bash
+   cd client && npm run license-checker
+   ```
+   If a new dependency fails, either add its SPDX id to the `onlyAllow` list in `client/licenseChecker.js` (if the license is acceptable, e.g. permissive ones like `BlueOak-1.0.0`) or add the specific package to `excludePackages` with justification. Data Controller ships on-prem, so only OSI-approved permissive licenses are acceptable for production dependencies.
+
+Both checks run in `.gitea/workflows/build.yaml` (`Check audit` and `Licence checker` steps) and will fail the build if skipped locally.

client/licenseChecker.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const check = (cwd) => {
         start: cwd,
         excludePrivatePackages: true,
         onlyAllow:
-          'AFLv2.1;Apache 2.0;Apache-2.0;Apache*;Artistic-2.0;0BSD;BSD*;BSD-2-Clause;BSD-3-Clause;CC0-1.0;CC-BY-3.0;CC-BY-4.0;ISC;MIT;MPL-2.0;ODC-By-1.0;Python-2.0;Unlicense;',
+          'AFLv2.1;Apache 2.0;Apache-2.0;Apache*;Artistic-2.0;BlueOak-1.0.0;0BSD;BSD*;BSD-2-Clause;BSD-3-Clause;CC0-1.0;CC-BY-3.0;CC-BY-4.0;ISC;MIT;MPL-2.0;ODC-By-1.0;Python-2.0;Unlicense;',
         excludePackages:
           '@cds/city@1.1.0;@handsontable/angular-wrapper@16.0.1;@handsontable/angular-wrapper@17.1.0;@handsontable/angular-wrapper@18.0.0;handsontable@^16.0.1;handsontable@16.2.0;handsontable@17.1.0;handsontable@18.0.0;hyperformula@2.7.1;hyperformula@3.0.0;hyperformula@3.1.0;hyperformula@3.2.0;hyperformula@3.3.0;jackspeak@3.4.3;path-scurry@1.11.1;package-json-from-dist@1.0.1;buffers@0.1.1'
       },

client/package.json

@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
   "overrides": {
     "ajv": "8.18.0",
     "uuid": "11.1.1",
-    "lighthouse": "13.4.0"
+    "lighthouse": "13.4.0",
+    "exceljs": {
+      "archiver": "^8.0.0",
+      "unzipper": "^0.12.5"
+    }
   }
 }

client/src/app/models/TableData.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ export interface ColumnDetail {
   LENGTH: number
   NAME: string
   TYPE: string
-  VARNUM: number
+  // No longer sent by viewdata.sas — optional for legacy responses.
+  VARNUM?: number
 }
 
 export interface Approver {

client/src/app/services/va-filter.service.spec.ts

@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ describe('VaFilterService', () => {
     'SOME_DATETIME'
   ]
   const cols = [
-    { NAME: 'SOME_CHAR', DDTYPE: 'CHARACTER' },
-    { NAME: 'SOME_NUM', DDTYPE: 'NUMERIC' },
+    { NAME: 'SOME_CHAR', DDTYPE: 'C' },
+    { NAME: 'SOME_NUM', DDTYPE: 'N' },
     { NAME: 'SOME_TIME', DDTYPE: 'TIME' },
     { NAME: 'SOME_DATE', DDTYPE: 'DATE' },
     { NAME: 'SOME_DATETIME', DDTYPE: 'DATETIME' }

client/src/app/services/va-filter.service.ts

@@ -163,14 +163,20 @@ export class VaFilterService {
 
   /**
    * SAS data-type kind of a column spec. DDTYPE carries
-   * TIME/DATE/DATETIME/NUMERIC/CHARACTER; checked DATETIME-before-DATE (substring).
+   * TIME/DATE/DATETIME in full, with C/N for CHARACTER/NUMERIC (legacy
+   * responses may still carry the full strings); checked DATETIME-before-DATE
+   * (substring).
    */
   private columnKind(col: any): VaColumnKind {
     const ddtype = (col?.DDTYPE ?? '').toString().toUpperCase()
     if (ddtype.includes('DATETIME')) return 'datetime'
     if (ddtype.includes('DATE')) return 'date'
     if (ddtype.includes('TIME')) return 'time'
-    if (ddtype.includes('NUMERIC') || (col?.TYPE ?? '') === 'num') {
+    if (
+      ddtype === 'N' ||
+      ddtype.includes('NUMERIC') ||
+      (col?.TYPE ?? '') === 'num'
+    ) {
       return 'numeric'
     }
     return 'char'

client/src/app/shared/dc-validator/models/col.model.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 export interface Col {
   NAME: string
-  VARNUM: number
+  // No longer sent by getdata.sas (dropped to trim the COLS payload) —
+  // column order in the array is authoritative. Optional for legacy responses.
+  VARNUM?: number
   LABEL: string
   FMTNAME: string
   DDTYPE: string

client/src/app/shared/dc-validator/tests/dc-validator.spec.ts

@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ const makeCol = (name: string, varnum: number): Col =>
     VARNUM: varnum,
     LABEL: name,
     FMTNAME: '',
-    DDTYPE: 'CHARACTER',
+    DDTYPE: 'C',
     TYPE: '',
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
     MEMLABEL: '',
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ const example_dqRules: any = [
 const example_cols = [
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'CHARACTER',
+    DDTYPE: 'C',
     DESC: 'dropdown_desc',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'NUMERIC',
+    DDTYPE: 'N',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'NUMERIC',
+    DDTYPE: 'N',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'CHARACTER',
+    DDTYPE: 'C',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'CHARACTER',
+    DDTYPE: 'C',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'CHARACTER',
+    DDTYPE: 'C',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'CHARACTER',
+    DDTYPE: 'C',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'NUMERIC',
+    DDTYPE: 'N',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ const example_cols = [
   },
   {
     CLS_RULE: 'READ',
-    DDTYPE: 'NUMERIC',
+    DDTYPE: 'N',
     DESC: '',
     TYPE: '',
     FMTNAME: '',

sas/mocks/sas9/sasjs/services/editors/getdata.js

@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ const data = {
     cols: [
         {
             NAME: "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
-            VARNUM: 1,
             LABEL: "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+            DDTYPE: "N",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "",
@@ -55,10 +54,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_BESTNUM",
-            VARNUM: 9,
             LABEL: "SOME_BESTNUM",
             FMTNAME: "BEST",
-            DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+            DDTYPE: "N",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "",
@@ -66,10 +64,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_CHAR",
-            VARNUM: 2,
             LABEL: "SOME_CHAR",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+            DDTYPE: "C",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "",
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_DATE",
-            VARNUM: 5,
             LABEL: "SOME_DATE",
             FMTNAME: "DATE",
             DDTYPE: "DATE",
@@ -88,7 +84,6 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_DATETIME",
-            VARNUM: 6,
             LABEL: "SOME_DATETIME",
             FMTNAME: "DATETIME",
             DDTYPE: "DATETIME",
@@ -99,10 +94,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_DROPDOWN",
-            VARNUM: 3,
             LABEL: "SOME_DROPDOWN",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+            DDTYPE: "C",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "",
@@ -110,10 +104,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_HARDSELECT",
-            VARNUM: 10,
             LABEL: "SOME_HARDSELECT",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+            DDTYPE: "C",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "",
@@ -121,10 +114,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_NUM",
-            VARNUM: 4,
             LABEL: "SOME_NUM",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+            DDTYPE: "N",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "",
@@ -132,10 +124,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_SHORTNUM",
-            VARNUM: 8,
             LABEL: "SOME_SHORTNUM",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+            DDTYPE: "N",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "",
@@ -143,7 +134,6 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "SOME_TIME",
-            VARNUM: 7,
             LABEL: "SOME_TIME",
             FMTNAME: "TIME",
             DDTYPE: "TIME",
@@ -154,10 +144,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "READONLY_COL",
-            VARNUM: 11,
             LABEL: "READONLY_COL",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+            DDTYPE: "C",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "Read-only: default value inserted on add-row, not editable",
@@ -165,10 +154,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "HIDDEN_COL",
-            VARNUM: 12,
             LABEL: "HIDDEN_COL",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+            DDTYPE: "C",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "Hidden: invisible in grid but submitted; default on add-row",
@@ -176,10 +164,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "ROUND_COL",
-            VARNUM: 13,
             LABEL: "ROUND_COL",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+            DDTYPE: "N",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "Round: edited values rounded Excel-style to 2 decimals",
@@ -187,10 +174,9 @@ const data = {
         },
         {
             NAME: "NUMFMT_COL",
-            VARNUM: 14,
             LABEL: "NUMFMT_COL",
             FMTNAME: "",
-            DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+            DDTYPE: "N",
             CLS_RULE: "READ",
             MEMLABEL: "",
             DESC: "Number format: displayed as EUR currency (value unchanged)",

sas/mocks/sas9/sasjs/services/public/viewdata.js

@@ -9,37 +9,33 @@ _webout=`{"SYSDATE" : "26SEP22"
 {
 "NAME": "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
 "LENGTH": 8,
-"VARNUM": 1,
 "LABEL": "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
 "FMTNAME": "",
 "FORMAT": "8.",
 "TYPE": "N",
-"DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+"DDTYPE": "N"
 },
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_BESTNUM",
 "LENGTH": 8,
-"VARNUM": 9,
 "LABEL": "SOME_BESTNUM",
 "FMTNAME": "BEST",
 "FORMAT": "BEST.",
 "TYPE": "N",
-"DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+"DDTYPE": "N"
 },
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_CHAR",
 "LENGTH": 32767,
-"VARNUM": 2,
 "LABEL": "SOME_CHAR",
 "FMTNAME": "",
 "FORMAT": "$32767.",
 "TYPE": "C",
-"DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+"DDTYPE": "C"
 },
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_DATE",
 "LENGTH": 8,
-"VARNUM": 5,
 "LABEL": "SOME_DATE",
 "FMTNAME": "DATE",
 "FORMAT": "DATE9.",
@@ -49,7 +45,6 @@ _webout=`{"SYSDATE" : "26SEP22"
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_DATETIME",
 "LENGTH": 8,
-"VARNUM": 6,
 "LABEL": "SOME_DATETIME",
 "FMTNAME": "DATETIME",
 "FORMAT": "DATETIME19.",
@@ -59,37 +54,33 @@ _webout=`{"SYSDATE" : "26SEP22"
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_DROPDOWN",
 "LENGTH": 128,
-"VARNUM": 3,
 "LABEL": "SOME_DROPDOWN",
 "FMTNAME": "",
 "FORMAT": "$128.",
 "TYPE": "C",
-"DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+"DDTYPE": "C"
 },
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_NUM",
 "LENGTH": 8,
-"VARNUM": 4,
 "LABEL": "SOME_NUM",
 "FMTNAME": "",
 "FORMAT": "8.",
 "TYPE": "N",
-"DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+"DDTYPE": "N"
 },
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_SHORTNUM",
 "LENGTH": 4,
-"VARNUM": 8,
 "LABEL": "SOME_SHORTNUM",
 "FMTNAME": "",
 "FORMAT": "4.",
 "TYPE": "N",
-"DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+"DDTYPE": "N"
 },
 {
 "NAME": "SOME_TIME",
 "LENGTH": 8,
-"VARNUM": 7,
 "LABEL": "SOME_TIME",
 "FMTNAME": "TIME",
 "FORMAT": "TIME8.",

sas/mocks/sasjs/services/editors/getdata.js

@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ let webouts = {
         cols: [
             {
                 NAME: "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
-                VARNUM: 1,
                 LABEL: "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -80,10 +79,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_BESTNUM",
-                VARNUM: 9,
                 LABEL: "SOME_BESTNUM",
                 FMTNAME: "BEST",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -92,10 +90,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_CHAR",
-                VARNUM: 2,
                 LABEL: "Some Character Column",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -104,7 +101,6 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_DATE",
-                VARNUM: 5,
                 LABEL: "Some Date",
                 FMTNAME: "DATE",
                 DDTYPE: "DATE",
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_DATETIME",
-                VARNUM: 6,
                 LABEL: "SOME_DATETIME",
                 FMTNAME: "DATETIME",
                 DDTYPE: "DATETIME",
@@ -128,10 +123,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_DROPDOWN",
-                VARNUM: 3,
                 LABEL: "SOME_DROPDOWN",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -140,10 +134,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_HARDSELECT",
-                VARNUM: 10,
                 LABEL: "SOME_HARDSELECT",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -152,10 +145,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_NUM",
-                VARNUM: 4,
                 LABEL: "",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -164,10 +156,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_SHORTNUM",
-                VARNUM: 8,
                 LABEL: "SOME_SHORTNUM",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -176,7 +167,6 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SOME_TIME",
-                VARNUM: 7,
                 LABEL: "SOME_TIME",
                 FMTNAME: "TIME",
                 DDTYPE: "TIME",
@@ -188,10 +178,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "READONLY_COL",
-                VARNUM: 11,
                 LABEL: "READONLY_COL",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "Read-only: default value inserted on add-row, not editable",
@@ -200,10 +189,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "HIDDEN_COL",
-                VARNUM: 12,
                 LABEL: "HIDDEN_COL",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "Hidden: invisible in grid but submitted; default on add-row",
@@ -212,10 +200,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "ROUND_COL",
-                VARNUM: 13,
                 LABEL: "ROUND_COL",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "Round: edited values rounded Excel-style to 2 decimals",
@@ -224,10 +211,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "NUMFMT_COL",
-                VARNUM: 14,
                 LABEL: "NUMFMT_COL",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "Number format: displayed as EUR currency (value unchanged)",
@@ -236,10 +222,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "REGEX_HARD_COL",
-                VARNUM: 15,
                 LABEL: "REGEX_HARD_COL",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "HARDREGEX: must be a valid email address or submission is blocked",
@@ -248,10 +233,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "REGEX_SOFT_COL",
-                VARNUM: 16,
                 LABEL: "REGEX_SOFT_COL",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "SOFTREGEX: should be a valid UK postcode, shown as a yellow warning if not, but can still submit",
@@ -404,10 +388,9 @@ let webouts = {
         cols: [
             {
                 NAME: "DD_LONGDESC",
-                VARNUM: 6,
                 LABEL: "DD_LONGDESC",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -416,10 +399,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "DD_OWNER",
-                VARNUM: 7,
                 LABEL: "DD_OWNER",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -428,10 +410,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "DD_RESPONSIBLE",
-                VARNUM: 8,
                 LABEL: "DD_RESPONSIBLE",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -440,10 +421,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "DD_SENSITIVITY",
-                VARNUM: 9,
                 LABEL: "DD_SENSITIVITY",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -452,10 +432,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "DD_SHORTDESC",
-                VARNUM: 5,
                 LABEL: "DD_SHORTDESC",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -464,10 +443,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "DD_SOURCE",
-                VARNUM: 4,
                 LABEL: "DD_SOURCE",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -476,10 +454,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "DD_TYPE",
-                VARNUM: 3,
                 LABEL: "DD_TYPE",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -488,10 +465,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "TX_FROM",
-                VARNUM: 1,
                 LABEL: "TX_FROM",
                 FMTNAME: "datetime",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -499,10 +475,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "TX_TO",
-                VARNUM: 2,
                 LABEL: "TX_TO",
                 FMTNAME: "datetime",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -682,10 +657,9 @@ let webouts = {
         cols: [
             {
                 NAME: "LAST_SEEN_DT",
-                VARNUM: 2,
                 LABEL: "LAST_SEEN_DT",
                 FMTNAME: "date",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -693,10 +667,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "REGISTERED_DT",
-                VARNUM: 3,
                 LABEL: "REGISTERED_DT",
                 FMTNAME: "date",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -704,10 +677,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "USER_ID",
-                VARNUM: 1,
                 LABEL: "USER_ID",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -809,10 +781,9 @@ let webouts = {
         cols: [
             {
                 NAME: "AUDIT_LIBDS",
-                VARNUM: 22,
                 LABEL: "AUDIT_LIBDS",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -821,10 +792,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "BUSKEY",
-                VARNUM: 7,
                 LABEL: "BUSKEY",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -833,10 +803,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "CLOSE_VARS",
-                VARNUM: 13,
                 LABEL: "CLOSE_VARS",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -845,10 +814,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "DSN",
-                VARNUM: 4,
                 LABEL: "DSN",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -857,10 +825,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "LIBREF",
-                VARNUM: 3,
                 LABEL: "LIBREF",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -869,10 +836,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "LOADTYPE",
-                VARNUM: 6,
                 LABEL: "LOADTYPE",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -881,10 +847,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "NOTES",
-                VARNUM: 20,
                 LABEL: "NOTES",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -893,10 +858,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "NUM_OF_APPROVALS_REQUIRED",
-                VARNUM: 5,
                 LABEL: "NUM_OF_APPROVALS_REQUIRED",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "NUMERIC",
+                DDTYPE: "N",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -905,10 +869,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "POST_APPROVE_HOOK",
-                VARNUM: 17,
                 LABEL: "POST_APPROVE_HOOK",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -917,10 +880,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "POST_EDIT_HOOK",
-                VARNUM: 15,
                 LABEL: "POST_EDIT_HOOK",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -929,10 +891,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "PRE_APPROVE_HOOK",
-                VARNUM: 16,
                 LABEL: "PRE_APPROVE_HOOK",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -941,10 +902,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "PRE_EDIT_HOOK",
-                VARNUM: 14,
                 LABEL: "PRE_EDIT_HOOK",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -953,10 +913,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "RK_UNDERLYING",
-                VARNUM: 21,
                 LABEL: "RK_UNDERLYING",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -965,10 +924,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SIGNOFF_COLS",
-                VARNUM: 18,
                 LABEL: "SIGNOFF_COLS",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -977,10 +935,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "SIGNOFF_HOOK",
-                VARNUM: 19,
                 LABEL: "SIGNOFF_HOOK",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -989,7 +946,6 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "TX_FROM",
-                VARNUM: 1,
                 LABEL: "TX_FROM",
                 FMTNAME: "DATETIME",
                 DDTYPE: "DATETIME",
@@ -1000,7 +956,6 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "TX_TO",
-                VARNUM: 2,
                 LABEL: "TX_TO",
                 FMTNAME: "DATETIME",
                 DDTYPE: "DATETIME",
@@ -1011,10 +966,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "VAR_BUSFROM",
-                VARNUM: 10,
                 LABEL: "VAR_BUSFROM",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -1023,10 +977,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "VAR_BUSTO",
-                VARNUM: 11,
                 LABEL: "VAR_BUSTO",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -1035,10 +988,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "VAR_PROCESSED",
-                VARNUM: 12,
                 LABEL: "VAR_PROCESSED",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -1047,10 +999,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "VAR_TXFROM",
-                VARNUM: 8,
                 LABEL: "VAR_TXFROM",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",
@@ -1059,10 +1010,9 @@ let webouts = {
             },
             {
                 NAME: "VAR_TXTO",
-                VARNUM: 9,
                 LABEL: "VAR_TXTO",
                 FMTNAME: "",
-                DDTYPE: "CHARACTER",
+                DDTYPE: "C",
                 CLS_RULE: "READ",
                 MEMLABEL: "",
                 DESC: "",

sas/mocks/sasjs/services/public/viewdata.js

@@ -31,37 +31,33 @@ let webouts = {
     {
     "NAME": "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
     "LENGTH": 8,
-    "VARNUM": 1,
     "LABEL": "PRIMARY_KEY_FIELD",
     "FMTNAME": "",
     "FORMAT": "8.",
     "TYPE": "N",
-    "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+    "DDTYPE": "N"
     },
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_BESTNUM",
     "LENGTH": 8,
-    "VARNUM": 9,
     "LABEL": "SOME_BESTNUM",
     "FMTNAME": "BEST",
     "FORMAT": "BEST.",
     "TYPE": "N",
-    "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+    "DDTYPE": "N"
     },
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_CHAR",
     "LENGTH": 32767,
-    "VARNUM": 2,
     "LABEL": "Some Character Column",
     "FMTNAME": "",
     "FORMAT": "$32767.",
     "TYPE": "C",
-    "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+    "DDTYPE": "C"
     },
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_DATE",
     "LENGTH": 8,
-    "VARNUM": 5,
     "LABEL": "Some Date",
     "FMTNAME": "DATE",
     "FORMAT": "DATE9.",
@@ -71,7 +67,6 @@ let webouts = {
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_DATETIME",
     "LENGTH": 8,
-    "VARNUM": 6,
     "LABEL": "SOME_DATETIME",
     "FMTNAME": "DATETIME",
     "FORMAT": "DATETIME19.",
@@ -81,37 +76,33 @@ let webouts = {
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_DROPDOWN",
     "LENGTH": 128,
-    "VARNUM": 3,
     "LABEL": "SOME_DROPDOWN",
     "FMTNAME": "",
     "FORMAT": "$128.",
     "TYPE": "C",
-    "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+    "DDTYPE": "C"
     },
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_NUM",
     "LENGTH": 8,
-    "VARNUM": 4,
     "LABEL": "",
     "FMTNAME": "",
     "FORMAT": "8.",
     "TYPE": "N",
-    "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+    "DDTYPE": "N"
     },
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_SHORTNUM",
     "LENGTH": 4,
-    "VARNUM": 8,
     "LABEL": "SOME_SHORTNUM",
     "FMTNAME": "",
     "FORMAT": "4.",
     "TYPE": "N",
-    "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+    "DDTYPE": "N"
     },
     {
     "NAME": "SOME_TIME",
     "LENGTH": 8,
-    "VARNUM": 7,
     "LABEL": "SOME_TIME",
     "FMTNAME": "TIME",
     "FORMAT": "TIME8.",
@@ -3093,117 +3084,105 @@ let webouts = {
             {
                 "NAME": "DSN",
                 "LENGTH": 32,
-                "VARNUM": 3,
                 "LABEL": "Dataset Name (32 chars)",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "IS_DIFF",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 9,
                 "LABEL": "Did value change? (1/0/-1).  Always -1 for appends and deletes.",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "8.",
                 "TYPE": "N",
-                "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+                "DDTYPE": "N"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "IS_PK",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 8,
                 "LABEL": "Is Primary Key Field? (1/0)",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "8.",
                 "TYPE": "N",
-                "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+                "DDTYPE": "N"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "KEY_HASH",
                 "LENGTH": 32,
-                "VARNUM": 4,
                 "LABEL": "MD5 Hash of primary key values (pipe seperated)",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "LIBREF",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 2,
                 "LABEL": "Library Reference (8 chars)",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$8.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "LOAD_REF",
                 "LENGTH": 36,
-                "VARNUM": 1,
                 "LABEL": "unique load reference",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$36.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "MOVE_TYPE",
                 "LENGTH": 1,
-                "VARNUM": 6,
                 "LABEL": "Either (A)ppended, (D)eleted or (M)odified",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$1.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "NEWVAL_CHAR",
                 "LENGTH": 32765,
-                "VARNUM": 14,
                 "LABEL": "New (character) value",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32765.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "NEWVAL_NUM",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 12,
                 "LABEL": "New (numeric) value",
                 "FMTNAME": "BEST",
                 "FORMAT": "BEST32.",
                 "TYPE": "N",
-                "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+                "DDTYPE": "N"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "OLDVAL_CHAR",
                 "LENGTH": 32765,
-                "VARNUM": 13,
                 "LABEL": "Old (character) value",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32765.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "OLDVAL_NUM",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 11,
                 "LABEL": "Old (numeric) value",
                 "FMTNAME": "BEST",
                 "FORMAT": "BEST32.",
                 "TYPE": "N",
-                "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+                "DDTYPE": "N"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "PROCESSED_DTTM",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 7,
                 "LABEL": "Processed at timestamp",
                 "FMTNAME": "E8601DT",
                 "FORMAT": "E8601DT26.6",
@@ -3213,22 +3192,20 @@ let webouts = {
             {
                 "NAME": "TGTVAR_NM",
                 "LENGTH": 32,
-                "VARNUM": 5,
                 "LABEL": "Target variable name (32 chars)",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "TGTVAR_TYPE",
                 "LENGTH": 1,
-                "VARNUM": 10,
                 "LABEL": "Either (C)haracter or (N)umeric",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$1.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             }
         ],
         "dsmeta": [
@@ -4426,12 +4403,12 @@ let webouts = {
     ]
     , "cols":
     [
-    {"NAME":"ALERT_DS" ,"LENGTH":32 ,"VARNUM":4 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_DS" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$32." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"CHARACTER" }
-    ,{"NAME":"ALERT_EVENT" ,"LENGTH":20 ,"VARNUM":2 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_EVENT" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$20." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"CHARACTER" }
-    ,{"NAME":"ALERT_LIB" ,"LENGTH":8 ,"VARNUM":3 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_LIB" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$8." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"CHARACTER" }
-    ,{"NAME":"ALERT_USER" ,"LENGTH":100 ,"VARNUM":5 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_USER" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$100." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"CHARACTER" }
-    ,{"NAME":"TX_FROM" ,"LENGTH":8 ,"VARNUM":1 ,"LABEL":"TX_FROM" ,"FMTNAME":"DATETIME" ,"FORMAT":"DATETIME19.3" ,"TYPE":"N" ,"DDTYPE":"DATETIME" }
-    ,{"NAME":"TX_TO" ,"LENGTH":8 ,"VARNUM":6 ,"LABEL":"TX_TO" ,"FMTNAME":"DATETIME" ,"FORMAT":"DATETIME19.3" ,"TYPE":"N" ,"DDTYPE":"DATETIME" }
+    {"NAME":"ALERT_DS" ,"LENGTH":32 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_DS" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$32." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"C" }
+    ,{"NAME":"ALERT_EVENT" ,"LENGTH":20 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_EVENT" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$20." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"C" }
+    ,{"NAME":"ALERT_LIB" ,"LENGTH":8 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_LIB" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$8." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"C" }
+    ,{"NAME":"ALERT_USER" ,"LENGTH":100 ,"LABEL":"ALERT_USER" ,"FMTNAME":"" ,"FORMAT":"$100." ,"TYPE":"C" ,"DDTYPE":"C" }
+    ,{"NAME":"TX_FROM" ,"LENGTH":8 ,"LABEL":"TX_FROM" ,"FMTNAME":"DATETIME" ,"FORMAT":"DATETIME19.3" ,"TYPE":"N" ,"DDTYPE":"DATETIME" }
+    ,{"NAME":"TX_TO" ,"LENGTH":8 ,"LABEL":"TX_TO" ,"FMTNAME":"DATETIME" ,"FORMAT":"DATETIME19.3" ,"TYPE":"N" ,"DDTYPE":"DATETIME" }
     ]
     , "dsmeta":
     [
@@ -4520,67 +4497,60 @@ let webouts = {
             {
                 "NAME": "BASE_COL",
                 "LENGTH": 32,
-                "VARNUM": 4,
                 "LABEL": "BASE_COL",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "BASE_DS",
                 "LENGTH": 32,
-                "VARNUM": 3,
                 "LABEL": "BASE_DS",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "BASE_LIB",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 2,
                 "LABEL": "BASE_LIB",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$8.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "RULE_ACTIVE",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 7,
                 "LABEL": "RULE_ACTIVE",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "8.",
                 "TYPE": "N",
-                "DDTYPE": "NUMERIC"
+                "DDTYPE": "N"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "RULE_TYPE",
                 "LENGTH": 32,
-                "VARNUM": 5,
                 "LABEL": "RULE_TYPE",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$32.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "RULE_VALUE",
                 "LENGTH": 128,
-                "VARNUM": 6,
                 "LABEL": "RULE_VALUE",
                 "FMTNAME": "",
                 "FORMAT": "$128.",
                 "TYPE": "C",
-                "DDTYPE": "CHARACTER"
+                "DDTYPE": "C"
             },
             {
                 "NAME": "TX_FROM",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 1,
                 "LABEL": "TX_FROM",
                 "FMTNAME": "DATETIME",
                 "FORMAT": "DATETIME19.3",
@@ -4590,7 +4560,6 @@ let webouts = {
             {
                 "NAME": "TX_TO",
                 "LENGTH": 8,
-                "VARNUM": 8,
                 "LABEL": "TX_TO",
                 "FMTNAME": "DATETIME",
                 "FORMAT": "DATETIME19.3",
@@ -5395,10 +5364,10 @@ let webouts = {
     const v = JSON.parse(webouts.MPE_X_TEST)
 
     v.cols.push(
-        { NAME: "READONLY_COL", LENGTH: 200, VARNUM: 11, LABEL: "READONLY_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "$200.", TYPE: "C", DDTYPE: "CHARACTER" },
-        { NAME: "HIDDEN_COL", LENGTH: 200, VARNUM: 12, LABEL: "HIDDEN_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "$200.", TYPE: "C", DDTYPE: "CHARACTER" },
-        { NAME: "ROUND_COL", LENGTH: 8, VARNUM: 13, LABEL: "ROUND_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "BEST.", TYPE: "N", DDTYPE: "NUMERIC" },
-        { NAME: "NUMFMT_COL", LENGTH: 8, VARNUM: 14, LABEL: "NUMFMT_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "BEST.", TYPE: "N", DDTYPE: "NUMERIC" }
+        { NAME: "READONLY_COL", LENGTH: 200, LABEL: "READONLY_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "$200.", TYPE: "C", DDTYPE: "C" },
+        { NAME: "HIDDEN_COL", LENGTH: 200, LABEL: "HIDDEN_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "$200.", TYPE: "C", DDTYPE: "C" },
+        { NAME: "ROUND_COL", LENGTH: 8, LABEL: "ROUND_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "BEST.", TYPE: "N", DDTYPE: "N" },
+        { NAME: "NUMFMT_COL", LENGTH: 8, LABEL: "NUMFMT_COL", FMTNAME: "", FORMAT: "BEST.", TYPE: "N", DDTYPE: "N" }
     )
 
     v.viewdata = v.viewdata.map((row, i) => ({

sas/sasjs/services/editors/getdata.sas

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
   <h5> cols </h5>
   Contains column level attributes.
   @li NAME - column name
-  @li VARNUM - var position. https://core.sasjs.io/mp__getcols_8sas.html
   @li LABEL - var label. https://core.sasjs.io/mp__getcols_8sas.html
   @li FMTNAME - derived format. https://core.sasjs.io/mp__getcols_8sas.html
-  @li DDTYPE - derived dropdown. https://core.sasjs.io/mp__getcols_8sas.html
+  @li DDTYPE - derived dropdown.  C=CHARACTER, N=NUMERIC, else DATE / TIME /
+    DATETIME. https://core.sasjs.io/mp__getcols_8sas.html
   @li CLS_RULE - values include:
     - EDIT - the column is editable
     - READ - the column should be readonly
@@ -488,14 +488,18 @@ select upcase(loadtype)
 /* extract col info */
 %mp_getcols(&libds, outds=cols1)
 
-/* join with cls rules */
+/* join with cls rules.  Trim COLS payload in the SQL below - DDTYPE
+  C=CHARACTER N=NUMERIC (dates kept in full), VARNUM dropped (client
+  relies on column order, not position) */
 proc sql;
 create table work.cols as
   select a.NAME
-    ,a.VARNUM
     ,coalesce(c.desc,a.NAME) as LABEL
     ,a.FMTNAME
-    ,a.DDTYPE
+    ,case a.DDTYPE
+      when 'CHARACTER' then 'C'
+      when 'NUMERIC' then 'N'
+      else a.DDTYPE end as DDTYPE
     ,case b.cls_hide
       when 1 then 'HIDE'
       when 0 then 'EDIT'
@@ -503,7 +507,7 @@ create table work.cols as
     ,c.memlabel
     ,c.longdesc
     ,d.colType
-  from work.cols1 a
+  from work.cols1(drop=varnum) a
   left join work.cls_rules b
   on a.NAME=b.CLS_VARIABLE_NM
   left join work.spec c

sas/sasjs/services/public/getcols.sas

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ data cols(keep=name type length varnum format label);
     else if formatl=0 then format=cats(format2,'.');
     else format=cats(format2,formatl,'.');
     type='C';
-    ddtype='CHARACTER';
+    ddtype='C';
   end;
   else do;
     if format2='' then format=cats(length,'.');
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ data cols(keep=name type length varnum format label);
     if format=:'DATETIME' then ddtype='DATETIME';
     else if format=:'DATE' then ddtype='DATE';
     else if format=:'TIME' then ddtype='TIME';
-    else ddtype='NUMERIC';
+    else ddtype='N';
   end;
   if label='' then label=name;
 run;

sas/sasjs/services/public/viewdata.sas

@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
   <h4> Service Outputs </h4>
 
   <h5> cols </h5>
-  @li DDTYPE
+  @li DDTYPE - C=CHARACTER, N=NUMERIC, else DATE / TIME / DATETIME
   @li FORMAT
   @li LABEL
   @li LENGTH
   @li NAME
   @li TYPE
-  @li VARNUM
 
   <h5> sasparams </h5>
   @li FILTER_TEXT
@@ -361,11 +360,23 @@ run;
 )
 
 %mp_getcols(&libds, outds=cols1)
+
+/* trim COLS payload in the SQL below - DDTYPE C=CHARACTER N=NUMERIC
+  (dates kept in full), VARNUM dropped (client relies on column order,
+  not position) */
 proc sql;
-create table cols(drop=srclabel) as
-  select a.*
-      ,coalesce(b.dd_shortdesc,a.srclabel,a.name) as label
-  from cols1(rename=(label=srclabel)) a
+create table cols as
+  select a.name
+      ,a.type
+      ,a.length
+      ,a.format
+      ,a.fmtname
+      ,case a.ddtype
+        when 'CHARACTER' then 'C'
+        when 'NUMERIC' then 'N'
+        else a.ddtype end as ddtype
+      ,coalesce(b.dd_shortdesc,a.label,a.name) as label
+  from cols1 a
   left join &mpelib..mpe_datadictionary
       (where=(&dc_dttmtfmt. < tx_to
       and dd_source ? %upcase("&orig_libds")