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Copying a Service Action

Use this procedure to create a new Service Action that is based on an existing Service Action.

To copy a Service Action

  1. On the DASD MANAGER PLUS Main Menu, select Service Actions and press Enter.The Action Menu panel is displayed.

  2. On the Action Menu panel, do the following:

    1. In the Action field, type the name of the Service Action (without wildcards) that you want to copy.
    2. Select Copy an Action.
    3. Press Enter.

    Important

    You can also use this alternate method.

    1. On the Action Menu panel, specify a wildcard for the action name and select List.
    2. On the List Action panel, type L in the Act field next to the action to want to copy, and press Enter.

    The Copy Action panel is displayed.

    Copy Action panel

    DEAE ------------------------------- Copy Action ------------------------------
    Command ===>                                                                   
                                                                                  
    Type new Action data. Then press Enter.                                        
                                                                                  
    Action . . . . . MVSNXL1.MVSNXL1                                               
                                                                                  
    Data Sets                                                                      
      JCL  . . . . . 'ASU.DEDK.V102QA.JCLLIB(&WKID)'                               
      Worklist . . . 'ASU.DEDK.V102QA.WORKLIST(&WKID)'                             
                                                                                  
    Description  . .

  3. Enter a unique Service Action name in the Action field.The Service Action name cannot contain a percent sign (%), asterisk (*), or embedded blank characters. If you plan to use &WKID or &WKID8 during JCL generation, the Service Action must be a valid PDS member name or data set node.

    Optionally, you can enter a description. (For more information, see Access-to-actions-services-and-service-syntax.)

  4. Press Enter.The Action Menu panel is displayed. If you select List Actions, the Action List panel now shows the Service Action that you copied and the new Service Action that you created.

 

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