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INDSN

INDSN enables dynamic allocation for your input (SYSREC) data sets.

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You can specify one or more data set names separated by commas. BMC AMI Load allocates the input data sets for use during the load job. The input data sets must already exist and be cataloged tape or DASD data sets.

Use this option for one or more of the following reasons:

  • To load data from different input data sets by updating only your syntax cards
  • To eliminate the need to override SYSREC DD statements in your cataloged JCL procedures (PROCs) with SYSREC DD statements in your JCL
Example

This example shows a sample of syntax using the INDSN option:

INDSN(PROD.SYSREC.FILE.JULY2018,
      PROD.SYSREC.PDS(MEMBER),
      NULLFILE,
      PROD.SYSREC.GDG.DATASET(-5),
      PROD.SYSREC01.GDG.DATASET.G1234V01)

Restrictions

The following restrictions apply to the INDSN option:

  • You cannot use this option when loading data from a batch pipe.
  • You cannot specify multiple data sets that are on a stacked tape (that is, any tape set with FILESEQ greater than 1).
  • The INDSN and INDDN options are mutually exclusive. Using both of these options together causes a syntax error.

  • The INDSN option is invalid if you include SYSREC DD statements in your JCL. If you do, BMC AMI Load issues messageNGTL591and the job terminates.

Additional considerations

The following additional considerations apply to the INDSN option:

  • You can specify a relative generation data group (GDG) as your data set name. Indicate a relative GDG name by a minus sign (-) followed by digits, or simply a 0. Positive GDG references are invalid. 
  • You can specify a PDS name as your data set name provided that you include a member name.
  • You can specify a dummy data set by specifying INDSN(NULLFILE).
  • Each data set name that you specify with INDSN is assigned to a separate SYSREC data set. Therefore, all restrictions and considerations that apply to multiple SYSREC data sets apply to when you specify multiple data set names on the INDSN option.

 

Related topics

Basic-options

Syntax-diagrams-for-BMC-AMI-Load

 

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