Setting product options

Many of these options were formerly available only through modifications to the skeleton libraries (SLIBs). Over 300 parameters are available from the options panels. These parameters are initialized from an extension to the installation options module.

To set product options

1. From the Catalog Manager Primary Menu panel, an object list panel, or a utility panel, on the Command line, type OPTIONS (OPT).
2. Press Enter.The Options panel is displayed.
3. In the Edit JCL Generation options field, type Y and press Enter.The JCL Generation Options panel is displayed.

4. In the Edit JCLgen options field, type Y and press Enter.The JCL Generation Update - Main Menu panel is displayed.

    ------------     JCL GENERATION UPDATE - MAIN MENU V13.01.00  -----------------
    COMMAND ===>                                                                   
                                                                                  
      Select an option number and press Enter.                                     
                                                                                  
           1. Jobcard Options                                                      
           2. Steplib Options                                                      
           3. Static Data Set Options                                              
           4. Tape Options                                                         
           5. Individual Data Set Options                                          
           6. Generation Data Group Options (GDGs)                                 
           7. Debugging,Display and Execution Options                              
           8. Utility Options                                                      
           9. Listdef and Template Data Sets                                       
          10. Not Applicable                                                       
          11. User Defined Variable Values                                         
          12. Product Options File (POF) Functions                                 

5. Type an option number, and then press Enter to display the panel for the option that you want to set.

   Option	See
   Jobcard Options	Setting-the-JCL-options-for-job-cards
   Steplib Options	Setting-the-JCL-options-for-STEPLIBs
   Static Data Set Options	Setting-the-JCL-options-for-static-data-sets
   Tape Options	Setting-the-JCL-options-for-tapes
   Individual Data Set Options	Setting-the-JCL-options-for-temporary-work-data-sets Setting-the-JCL-options-for-permanent-data-sets*
   Generation Data Group Options (GDGs)	Setting-the-JCL-generation-data-group-GDG-options
   Debugging, Display and Execution Options	Setting-the-JCL-debugging-display-and-Execution-options
   Utility Options	Setting-the-installation-options-module-names-for-BMC-utilities
   Listdef and Template Data Sets	Setting-the-LISTDEF-and-TEMPLATE-data-set-options
   User Defined Variable Values	Setting-user-variables
   Product Options File (POF) Functions	Creating-a-user-POF Updating-a-user-POF Using-multiple-POFs Refreshing-the-initial-POF Generating-POF-reports Reusing-a-POF-in-a-subsequent-installation Overriding-POF-values-in-SLIBs Adding-steps-to-the-JCL Obtaining-a-list-of-TEMPLATEs-or-LISTDEFs-in-Catalog-Manager

6. To navigate the JCL Generation Options panels, use the following guidelines:
   • To view all of the panels in sequence, press Enter.
   • To save your settings and return to the JCL Generation Update - Main Menu panel, press END at any panel in the sequence.
   • To display the JCL Generation Options panel from the JCL Generation Update - Main Menu panel, press END.