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Editing Skeletons in File Tailoring Assistance

  1. Display the Skeleton Maintenance Options menu using one of these two methods.

    • Access the Skeleton Maintenance Options panel directly by typing =A.G.S.A and pressing Enter,

      or

    • On the Skeleton Maintenance Option menu, select option A Assist. The File Tailoring Assistance panel (CMN3DSA0) is displayed.

    CMN3DSA0                File Tailoring Assistance
Option ===>

blank Display skeleton list         E Edit skeleton
    S Select for file tailoring     V View skeleton
Skeleton name . . . CMN11   (Blank for list; required for options E,V,S)
Release id . . . .          (Blank for list)
Application . . . . ACTP    (Blank for list)

    ...

  2. On the File Tailoring Assistance panel:

    1. Type E Edit in the Option line.

    2. Type the name of a skeleton in the Skeleton Name field.

    3. Press Enter.

    The skeleton you named is opened in an ISPF edit session.

    ISREDDE2    CMNTP.CMN810.C6.SKELS(CMN11) - 00.00        Columns 00001 00072
Command ===>                                            Scroll ===> CSR
****** ***************************** Top of Data *****************************
000001 )IM CMN$$SJN
000002 //*)IM CMN11
000003 //*
000004 //*  JOB TO INSERT &PKGNAME INFORMATION IN PACKAGE MASTER AT &RMTSITE
000005 //*
000006 )CM
000007 )CM  UPDATE DDNAME CMN11ENQ WITH A VALID DATASET NAME BEFORE USING;
000008 )CM  THIS DATASET ELIMINATES CONFLICTS WITH RECORDS BEING UPDATED IN
000009 )CM  THE PACKAGE MASTER FROM THE .PACKAGE DATASET
000010 )CM
000011 )SEL &RSTTTYP EQ FTP
000012 )CM
000013 )CM   RECEIVE PACKAGE DATASET
000014 )CM
000015 )SET RCVDSN = &PRSPKG
000016 )SET STEPID = PACK
000017 )IM  CMN$$RCV
000018 )CM
000019 )CM  RECEIVE INSTALLATION "X" DATASET
000020 )CM
000021 )SET RCVDSN = &PRSNOD
000022 )SET STEPID = DOTX
000023 )IM  CMN$$RCV
000024 )CM

    ...

    000025 )CM  RECEIVE ALL THE STAGING DATASETS
000026 )CM
000027 )CM  SPECIFY THE REQUIRED PARAMETERS FOR THE CMNSUBIR SKELETON:
000028 )CM
000029 )SET SUBDOT = &RMLBTBL
000030 )SET SUBPARJS = 230
000031 )SET SUBNR1SK = &Z
000032 )SET SUBNR1JS = 0
000033 )SET SUBREPSK = CMN$$F08
000034 )SET SUBREPJS = 4
000035 )SET SUBNR2SK = &Z
000036 )SET SUBNR2JS = 0
000037 )SET SUBERRSK = CMN11ERR

    ...

  3. Use standard ISPF edit commands to change the skeleton.

  4. Press PF3 or type END and press Enter to save the edit changes and return to the File Tailoring Assistance panel.

  5. If File Tailoring assistance found the skeleton in the library at the top of the ISPSLIB library concatenation in the started task JCL, the updated member is saved back to that library. If the skeleton was found in another library lower in the concatenation, it is saved to the top library.

Note

Editing in File Tailoring Assistance is not the same as editing a ChangeMan ZMF package component. In File Tailoring Assistance, you are editing directly in the skeleton library, and there is no compare listing or commit process when you press PF3. Your changes are simply saved directly into the live data set.