Using quotes when running the APIs

When you run a Content Manager OnDemand API program interactively, in batch using the Submit Job (SBMJOB) command, or in the QSHELL environment and you specify parameter values that contain a null (blank) character or some other special character (such as a parenthesis), you must delimit the parameter value with double quote characters. For example, when running the ARSDOC GET program and you specify the -o parameter to specify one or more application group field names, each field name is enclosed with parenthesis and the entire string must be surrounded by double quote characters, for example: -o "(sdate)(student)". See the operating system documentation for more information about the use of quotes when running the APIs. Note that if the same string is included in a parameter file using the -F parameter on the ARSDOC GET command, it would be enclosed in brackets and the double quotes are not required, for example: [-o (sdate)(student)].