Checking a Single Element

To Check a Single Element

1. Go to the DELTA List Edit/Execute Entry panel.From the DELTA PLUS Main Menu, type 1 in the selection field and press Enter. The DELTA List Edit/Execute Entry panel is displayed.

2. Decide if you want to check an element for a specific existing DELTA List or choose an existing DELTA List for element checking. Perform the appropriate action.

   Activity	Action
   check an element in a specific existing DELTA List	Type 1 in the selection field and the name of an existing DELTA List in the DELTA List field.
   choose an existing DELTA List for element checking	Type 1 in the selection field and leave the DELTA List field blank or type a masking pattern in the DELTA List field.

3. Type the data set name of the library in which the existing DELTA List resides in the DELTA List library field.

4. View Profile —Type the name of the View Profile in the View Profile field; otherwise, accept the default View Profile. 

   Warning

   Note

   When UPF security is in effect, this field will be labeled IMSID or Group. Enter the IMSID or Group for which you intend to execute the DELTA List. The view profile used will be of the form DLAKWTnn for DELTA PLUS VIRTUAL TERMINAL or DDCKWTnn for DELTA PLUS for DBCTL, where nn is from the applicable UPF record.

   This field may not display on the panel if no View Profile data set is specified in the Global Options.

5. Press Enter.

   Previous Action	Result
   You typed 1 in the selection field and the name of an existing DELTA List in the DELTA List field.	The DELTA List Edit panel is displayed, beginning a DELTA List Edit session for that DELTA List.
   You typed 1 in the selection field and left the DELTA List field blank or typed a masking pattern in the DELTA List field.	The member selection list is displayed, allowing you to select a DELTA List.

6. If you are on a member selection list panel, select a DELTA List to check by typing a / next to one of the DELTA PLUS PDS member names listed on the panel and pressing Enter. The DELTA List Edit panel is displayed.

7. Type CK in the Actn field next to the element you want to check and press Enter. The DELTA List Element Execution panel is displayed.Alternately, you could type S in the Actn field next to the element you want to check and press Enter to display the DELTA List Element Edit panel. From the DELTA List Element Edit panel, enter the CHECK E primary command to display the DELTA List Element Execution panel.

    

    File  Edit  View  Options  Help                                              
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   DELTA PLUS               DELTA List Element Execution                          
   Command ===> __________________________________________________________________
                                                                                 
   Element type:  TRANSACT                                                        
   Element name:  VARAGN                                                          
                                                                                  
   Execution type.  Select one.                                                   
   1 1.Check only (no updates to IMS)                                             
      2.Execute                                                                    
   Target IMSIDs or Groups  . . . . . IMSA ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____     
   Override Variable Definition Set . ________ (Optional)                         
                                                                                  
   Options.  Select if desired.                                                   
   _ Reset results list                                                           
   _ Coordinate element across IMS systems within each specified Group
8. Type 1 in the Execution type selection field.
9. Type the name of the target IMSID(s) or Group(s) against which you want to check this element in the Target IMSIDs or Groups entry fields.

10. Ty pe the name of the Variable Definition Set in the Override Variable Definition Set field that contains the variable definitions you want for this check of the element.The Variable Definition Set you specify will be used to resolve symbolic variables for this check of the element instead of the Variable Definition Set specified in the DELTA List Options for this DELTA List.

    Leave this field blank if you want to use the Variable Definition Set specified in the DELTA List.

    Warning

    Note

    The Override Variable Definition Set will be used to resolve symbolic variables in any nested DELTA Lists.

11. Type a / in the selection field next to one or more of the following options to select the option(s):

    Option	Description
    Reset results list	Resets the results list. A results list is the information returned at the completion of a DELTA List detailing the outcome of DELTA List Check or Execute. Resetting the results list indicates to DELTA PLUS to discard the output from any previous DELTA List Check or Execute.
    Coordinate elements across IMS systems within each specified group	Ensures that changes to resources contained in the DELTA LIST are coordinated across all IMS control regions in the Group. If there is an error in any element in the DELTA List on any of the IMS control regions, then no changes will occur on any IMS control region to ensure that the systems remain in synchronization. This option is valid only when the target is a Group.

12. Press Enter.