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Syntax Checking in File Tailoring Assistance

With File Tailoring Assistance, you can check the syntax of skeletons you have modified. A simulated file tailoring session resolves variable substitutions and presents the resulting file on the screen for review.

Note

File Tailoring Assistance does not resolve variables with values provided by ChangeMan ZMF panels and functional programs. Likewise, ISPF tables are not built. You can provide values for variables using the Release ID Variable facility described in the next section.

  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 ===> S

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. In the Application field, type the name of the application that contains the skeleton you want to test.

    2. Type the name of a skeleton in the Skeleton Name field and press Enter, or leave the field blank and press Enter to display the Skeleton Member List panel, then type S in the line command for a skeleton and press Enter. You may have to select a Release ID first from the Release Id List panel (CMN3DSA2)

    CMN3DSA2            Release Id List         Row 1 to 1 of 1 
Command ===>                                Scroll ===> CSR

    Id    Changed    User    Description
S V6R1 2008/07/09 13:35 USER25
******************************* Bottom of data ********************************

ISREDDE2    CMNTP.A008A.#CE259A5.#75A7E25   Columns 00001 00072
Command ===>                                Scroll ===> CSR
****** ***************************** Top of Data ******************************
000001 //S8CPRMA    JOB (SM-1IKF-SM),'CMN',
000002 //           CLASS=A,
000003 //           NOTIFY=USER25,
000004 //           MSGCLASS=X
000005 //*
000006 //* THE ABOVE JOB CARDS CAME FROM THE IMBED OF SKEL CMN$$JCD
000007 //*)IM CMN$$JCD
000008 //*
000009 //*  JOB REQUESTED BY USER25 ON 2014/12/02 AT 21:59
000010 //*

    ...

    000011 //*)IM CMN$$DSN
000012 //*)IM CMN$$JBL
000013 //JOBLIB     DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.CMN810.C6.LOAD
000014 //           DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.SER810.C6.LOAD
000015 //           DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.CMN810.LOAD
000016 //           DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.SER810.LOAD
000017 #%
000018 //*)IM CMN$$SJN
000019 //*
000020 //* PACKAGE FROZEN BY USER015 ON 2014/12/02 AT 21:59
000021 //*
000022 //*)IM CMN$$DSN
000023 //*)IM CMN$$JBL
000024 //JOBLIB     DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.CMN810.C6.LOAD
000025 //           DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.SER810.C6.LOAD
000026 //           DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.CMN810.LOAD
000027 //           DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.SER810.LOAD
000028 //*)IM CMN11
000029 //*
000030 //* JOB TO INSERT ACTP000008 INFORMATION IN PACKAGE MASTER AT
000031 //*
000032 //*)IM CMN00INS
000033 //CMN00  EXEC    PGM=CMNBATCH, *** Access ChangeMan ZMF started task
000034 //               PARM='SUBSYS=6',
000035 //               COND=(4,LT)
000036 //*)IM CMN$$SPR
000037 //SER#PARM   DD DISP=SHR,DSN=CMNTP.SER810.C6.TCPIPORT

  3. The JCL created from the file tailored skeleton is displayed, at least up to the point where a syntax error was detected or file tailoring assistance tried to resolve a variable or open a table that does not exist. Error messages from file tailoring are displayed at the top of the JCL.

Note

The record numbers referenced in error messages are the skeleton record numbers, not records in the output JCL.