System Parameters

The following figure allows you to specify defaults for the File-AID Browse and Edit functions, the Search/Update utility’s work file allocation, and unqualified VSAM intermediate dataset 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

Compuware client number for your site.

Client Name

Company name of site as known by Compuware files.

Release Date

Release date of File-AID 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.

Y - Yes, (default) displays the cancel confirmation screen.

N - No, does not display the cancel confirmation screen.

Display “Records not selected” line

Specify whether to display the “records not selected” message line on the data display when using selection criteria in browse or edit. This line is displayed instead of the data records. It indicates the records that were not selected for the browse or edit session.

Y - Yes, (default) File-AID displays “records not selected” message line.

N - No, File-AID does not display the “records not selected” message line.

Character set

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

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

File-AID attempts to determine the correct code page by checking the current terminal type setting in Option 0.0 ISPF Settings. File-AID/MVS 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/MVS 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 uses that character set code page until you change it. Enter blanks in the Character set field to have File-AID re-determine the code page value.

Enable screen jumps within File-AID

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).

N - No, (default) disables the File-AID/MVS jump function and uses the ISPF Menu for reference.

Y - Yes, enables the jump function and uses the File-AID/MVS Primary Option Menu for reference.

VSAM intermediate name

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

Specify Work File/Cut File Allocations:

A temporary work file is allocated by File-AID once per TSO session per logical screen. The intermediate work file is sometimes used to support your processing requests when using the Edit (2), Search/Update (3.6) and Interactive Batch (3.8) functions of File-AID.

If more records are being written to the work file than can be contained within the space allocated, File-AID will recognize an x37 abend. If you need a larger work file, change the allocation defaults with this 0.1 System Parameters function. Changes are effective immediately. Note that your File-AID work files are automatically deleted when you logoff from TSO. When you Edit a large sequential file, you may need a work file large enough to hold all records of the file.

Space units

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

TRKS - Tracks

CYLS - Cylinders.

BLKS - Number of blocks.

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/MVS uses one volume.

Compare KSDS Work File VOLSER

File-AID Option 10, Compare, may require a VSAM work file. If your site requires a Volume Serial Number when defining a VSAM dataset, enter that Volume Serial Number. If Volume Serial Number is not required, leave this field blank.

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 the Browse, Edit, Print, XREF, and VIEW functions. If concatenated record layouts are not required, leave this field blank.

You maintain this library; File-AID 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 data sets 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 Edit or Browse 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, File-AID 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.