ACTIVE

If you specify the ACTIVE keyword without a value, LOADPLUS assumes ACTIVE YES.

You cannot change the value of the ACTIVE option when restarting your load job.

DSNUTILB load jobs

For a DSNUTILB load, you must specify ACTIVE YES on the DDTYPEs for all work files that the load job requires. If you also specify COPY YES, you must specify ACTIVE YES for at least the local primary copy data set (DDTYPE LOCPFCPY). LOADPLUS ignores any copy or work file data set allocation in your JCL.

LOB and XML load jobs

If you specify COPY YES when loading LOB or XML data, you must enable dynamic allocation for at least the primary local copy data set (DDTYPE LOCPLCPY or DDTYPE LOCPXCPY). In general, LOADPLUS ignores any LOB or XML copy data set allocation in your JCL. However, if you specify any DD statements in your JCL that use one of the default LOB or XML copy prefixes, LOADPLUS terminates.

Specifying the default

You can specify the default for the ACTIVE command option in your installation options module by using the ACTIVE installation option. For most DDTYPEs, LOADPLUS was shipped with a default value of YES for this option. The command option overrides the default that is in the installation options module.

When running in a Change Manager worklist environment, LOADPLUS ignores the ACTIVE option in your installation options module. LOADPLUS dynamically allocates your data sets only if Change Manager supplies the ACTIVE YES syntax.

YES

This option tells LOADPLUS to activate dynamic allocation for the specified data set type. ACTIVE YES must be in effect for LOADPLUS to use the remaining dynamic allocation options.

NO

This option tells LOADPLUS to inactivate dynamic allocation for the specified data set type. Use this option if dynamic allocation is set to active in your installation options but you do not want LOADPLUS to dynamically allocate the specified data sets for a particular processing session.