Generating 3270 Unattended Statements (VTAM)

To generate unattended processing statements for 3270, select option 1 Generate Statements for Unattended 3270 on the Generate Unattended Statements screen.

The following figure appears.

Generate Statements for Unattended 3270 screen

   --------------------- Generate 3270 Unattended Statements ---------------------
   Command ===>

     What to generate:
         1.  Select the 3270 unattended statements you wish to generate
         2.  Generate 3270 unattended statements for each
             member in the script dataset
         3.  Generate 3270 unattended statements using a
             standard script profile

        Enter END command to return to the previous panel


Tip

See the online help for a description of the primary commands available on this and all lower-level screens accessed from the Generate Statements for Unattended 3270 screen.

Generate statements for unattended 3270 options

The options in the Generate Statements for Unattended 3270 screen help you with three primary functions.

  1. Specify the type of unattended statements you want to generate. Choices include:
    • Option 1 — Use this option to select which statements to generate. You then navigate various screens to generate unattended playback statements. For more information, see Defining-Unattended-Statement-Parameters-VTAM.

    • Option 2 — Use this option to:

      • define a script data set and generate unattended statements for all scripts in that data set
      • perform a mass generation.

      Performance Test for VTAM then generates unattended playback statements based on the data sets you chose. For more information, see Building-Unattended-Statements-and-JCL-VTAM.

    • Option 3 — Use this option to:

      • restrict the generation of unattended playback statements to a subset of the scripts contained in a specific data set
      • narrow statement generation based on domain destination or script prefix
      • include preprocessing and postprocessing scripts, allowing you to “sandwich” each of your scripts between up to five preprocessing and postprocessing scripts.

      For more information, see Restricting-Script-Datasets-VTAM.

  2. Press Enter to continue or END to return to the previous screen.

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