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Variables and the products where they are available

The following table:

  • Lists the variables that are available and provides a description
  • Shows the default starting position and the default length in the format S:C
  • Indicates the product or products where the variable is available (An X in the column for the product indicates that the variable is available for that product.)

The variables in the table for dates and times are the same as those in the DBRC timestamp.

Description of variable

Variable &VN

Default variable length (S:C)

Product

BNM

BNR

BNJ

BNK

BMC Data Collection Facility

BNV

BNT

BNG

Day of the month in the range 1-31

&DD

1:2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

DD name associated with the database dataset name

&DS

1:8

X

X

X

X

X

X

Hour of the day in the range 00-23

&HH

1:2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

ID of the job

&JI

1:8

X

X

X

X

Julian day in the range 1-366

&JJ

1:3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Minute of the hour in the range 00-59

&MI

1:2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Month in the format MM

&MM

1:2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Name of the change accum group (CAGRP)

&CA

1:8

X

Name of the database

&DB

1:8

X

X

X

X

X

X

Name of the database data set. The value is:

  • For VSAM, the cluster name
  • For HALDB, the entire database data set name (including the suffix generated by IMS)
  • For all others, the entire database data set name

&DN

1:44

X

X

Name of the database data set group (DBDSGRP)

&GR

1:8

X

Name of the IMS subsystem

&IM

1:4

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Name of the job

&JB

1:8

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Name of the LPAR

&SY

1:8

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Name of the partition for a HALDB database

&HN

1:8

X

X

X

X

Name of the RECON data sets for HALDB databases

&RC

1:36

X

X

Number for the copy (Use this variable only for image copies, logs, and RECON data sets.)

&CC

1:1

X

X

X

X

Partitioned database partition number or Fast Path (DEDB) area

&PN

1:4

X

X

X

X

Prefix of the data set name for the partition in a HALDB database (as defined in DBRC)

&HP

1:37

X

X

X

X

Repository high level qualifier excluding the REPOS qualifier

&HL

1:38

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Seconds in the range 00-59

&SS

1:2

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Subsystem ID defined to the RECON as a parameter for the INIT.RECON DBRC command

&RS

1:8

X

X

X

X

X

X

Suffix of the data set name of the partition in a HALDB database

&HS

1:6

X

X

X

X

User defined constant that is subscripted (specified when you customized the product)

&Z1-&ZA

1:8

X

X

X

User defined constant that you defined when you customized the product

&X1-&XA

1:8

X

X

X

User ID for the job

&US

1:8

X

X

X

X

Year in the format YYYY

&YY

1:4

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

  1. BNV - BMC Application Director for IMS
  2. BNT- BMC Database Director for IMS
  3. BNG - BMC HALO for IMS
  4. BNV - BMC iCopy for IMS
  5. BNR - BMC iExtract for IMS
  6. BNJ - BMC iLoad for IMS
  7. BNK - BMC iUnload for IMS

 

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Application Director for IMS 8.2