Load Reference List panel

The Load Reference List screen shown in the following figure is displayed when your profile set it as the first load panel and you:

• Select Option 3, Load, from the File-AID/RDX Primary Option Menu
  or
• Enter the REFERENCE command on a load panel

The reference lists for Load and Delete share the same entries. Delete requests are not eligible for load processing.

Use this screen to select a load request from the list or start a new load request. File-AID/RDX adds a load request to the list when a request is saved from the Load Menu. In addition, whenever you have successfully executed an extract, File-AID/RDX places an entry with the extract file name into the load reference list. However, extracts that originate from the “Single Panel Extract” function are not included in the Load Reference List.

You can also create a new load request with the NEW command, or open a saved load request file with the REQUEST command.

For how to set the maximum number of list entries for the reference list, see Option G—Global User Defaults.

You may specify multiple line commands at a time. All line commands are processed before any primary commands. When processing multiple commands File-AID/RDX displays a message like “Processing line command 2 of 4” whenever it starts processing the next line command after the first.

Load Reference List

The lower part of the screen displays a listing of your recently referenced load requests. Use one of the line command to either resubmit one of the requests or model a new request after it.

Request

Name of the load request (member name in the saved load request file). A blank entry means the request was saved to a sequential file or that it is an automatic entry after executing an extract.

Extract File Name

Name of the file containing the extracted data. If saved to a PDS the member name is displayed in parentheses.

RT

Request Type. Identifies the extract request type:

EL

Extract and Continue with Load request. When selected in the Load Reference List only the load will be performed.

L

Load only request.

L

Locked Entry. Identifies whether the request is locked in the reference list or whether it is allowed to roll off.

blank

not protected from roll over.

L

Locked in reference list; entry will not roll off the list.

YY/MM/DD

Date when the load request was last saved or the extract was completed. The list entries are ordered with the most recent date placed on top of the list.

Line Commands

The following File-AID/RDX-specific line commands are valid on this screen:

D (Delete from list)

Removes this request from the load reference list.

G (Go)

Submits this load request without any changes. File-AID/RDX validates the request before submitting the JCL for the load request.

I (Info)

Displays the Request Details screen, which provides more comprehensive information about the load request. See the following figure for an example.

Request Details

L (Lock)

Protects this entry from rolling off the load reference list.

S (Select)

Selects this load request and displays the Load Menu prefilled with all the information from this request.

U (Unlock)

Does not protect this entry from rolling off the load reference list.

V (View JCL)

Displays the JCL for this load request. File-AID/RDX shows the Generated JCL panel where you review and modify the load JCL.

Primary Commands

The following File-AID/RDX-specific primary commands are valid on this screen:

DETAIL (D)

Expands the one-line display for each request into a two-line display. The additional line shows the request description. See the following figure for an example. Detail is a toggle switch so enter Detail again to return to the original format.

Load Reference List - DETAIL Screen

FIND (F)

Searches the list for the specified string and scrolls the list to display the first matching entry at the top of the displayed entries. Use RFind to repeat the search.

Find looks for matches in the request detail information for each list entry. When a match is found and is not visible in the displayed row, use the I (info) line command to display the detail information.

NEW (N)

Starts a new load request from an existing extract file. Use the NEW command to open extract files created with File-AID/RDX prior to Release 3.0.

REQUEST (REQ)

Opens a saved extract or load request file. For more information, see Request File Member List.

File-AID/RDX uses the default value as specified in your current profile. If your profile doesn’t include a request file, File-AID/RDX prompts for one.

SIZE (S)

Increases the scrollable area to display more entries at a time by hiding some of the screen header lines. See the following figure for an example. SIZE is a toggle switch so enter SIZE again to return to the original format.

Load Reference List - SIZE Screen