HIDDEN Directive
This directive allows a field to be marked as hidden. This will avoid the need to convert a field into a database field. The field will be ignored by the external interfaces that read the EFD file.
$EFD HIDDEN
or
*(( EFD HIDDEN ))
or
*>(( EFD HIDDEN ))
Example
The field USELESS will not appear in the database
$EFD HIDDEN
 05 USELESS        PIC X(32).