System parameters

The following figure allows you to specify defaults for the File-AID/Data Solutions Copy and Update functions, the Update function’s work file allocation, and unqualified VSAM intermediate data set name. To display the System Parameters screen, enter a 1 in the OPTION field on the Parameter Selection Menu or as described in Selecting Screens.

System Parameters screen

Field descriptions

Client Number

BMC Client number for your site.

Client Name

Company name of site as known by BMC files.

Release Date

Release date of File-AID/Data Solutions that is currently installed.

Specify Function Defaults:

Display cancel confirmation

Specify if you want to receive a cancel confirmation screen when you use the CANCEL primary command.

Character set

Code page identifier that is used for character display and printing. The Character set field is typically used by sites outside of the USA.

Specify one of the following valid four-character code-page identifiers to select an alternate character set:

File-AID/Data Solutions attempts to determine the correct code page by checking the current terminal type setting in Option 0.0 ISPF Settings. File-AID/Data Solutions associates a code page based on terminal type as follows:

- (hyphen) indicates a position of the terminal type that is not checked. If File-AID/Data Solutions cannot determine which code page to use, it selects English (USA).

The four-digit code page identifier is stored in your user profile. After a code page is stored, File-AID/Data Solutions uses that character set code page until you change it. Enter blanks in the Character set field to have File-AID/Data Solutions re-determine the code page value.

VSAM intermediate name

Specify a default name used to build VSAM cluster names. When you enter an unqualified VSAM dataset name, File-AID/Data Solutions searches for the standard TSO prefix appended to the unqualified data set name. If it fails to locate a data set in the catalog, File-AID/Data Solutions creates the fully qualified name by concatenating the installation defined VSAM high-level name, your VSAM intermediate name, and the unqualified data set name. The VSAM intermediate name may contain any string of up to 19 characters. See Unqualified Data set Names in section Specifying a data set name.

Specify Work File Allocations to be Used:

The work file is used in the Update function.

Space units

Specify one of the following storage unit types depending on how the data set size is expressed:

Primary quantity

Specify the primary allocation quantity as specified in the space units field.

Secondary quantity

Specify the secondary allocation quantity as specified in the space units field.

Number of Volumes

Specify the number of volumes. If you leave this field blank, File-AID/Data Solutions uses one volume.

Concatenation List DSN

Specify the name of the data set that includes lists of concatenated record layout files. The data set must be an FB 80 PDS/PDSE. Each member of this data set contains a list of data sets to be concatenated and used for the Record Layout Dataset in primary options 1 through 8, D, and R. If concatenated record layouts are not required, leave this field blank.

You maintain this library; Data Solutions does not provide any special editing functionality for this data set.

In a member of the Library, enter a list of the DSNs of the Record Layout datasets you want to concatenate. Put one DSN per line. If you use fully qualified names, begin them with single quotes — otherwise the TSO prefix (userid) will be added automatically. The data sets in the list must all be FB 80 PDS or PDSE libraries. Do not specify GDGs, flat files, zFS files, VSAM, CA Librarian, CA Panvalet, or VB/VBS/U. You may specify up to 16 data set names. Any text on a line after the DSN is a comment. Blank lines are ignored. Putting an asterisk in column 1 of any line denotes a comment line.

On the individual panel where you wish to use your DSN list (such as Input Dataset Specification panel), in the field labeled Record Layout Dataset, specify a plus sign followed by the full member name (+membername) containing your DSN list.

The concatenation list is used in place of the single Record Layout dataset name. If the libraries in the list contain duplicate layout names, Data Solutions will always select the first occurrence.

SMS Class Information:

Storage

Specify the SMS storage class to use for the allocation of the data set. The storage class describes the hardware requirements of the data set.

Data

Specify the SMS data class to use for the allocation of the data set. The data class describes the attributes of the data set such as RECFM, DSORG, LRECL, BLKSIZE, etc.

Management

Specify the SMS management class to use for the allocation of the data set. The management class describes the migration, backup, and retention for the data set.

Specify Jump Command Default:

Enable

Controls the jump function (=) which lets you jump the screen display from one function to another without passing through the primary menu. The jump function is the same as that provided in ISPF. Entering =2 displays option 2 of the primary menu (ISPF or File-AID/Data Solutions).