ARS Connect:Direct Requirements Screen

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The ARS Connect:Direct Requirements screen in the following figure identifies specific job stream parameters for the job card and IBM® Connect:Direct®-related information.

    $cd.node         Connect:Direct for z/OS - ARS (Job and File Requirements)
    CMD ==>                                                                  hh:mm
    UP TO 3 LINES FOR JOBCARD INFO
    ==> ________________________________________________________________________
    ==> ________________________________________________________________________
    ==> ________________________________________________________________________
    STEPLIB DATA SET NAME FOR Connect:Direct PROGRAMS (OPTIONAL):
    ==> ____________________________________________
    ==> ____________________________________________
    Connect:Direct PUBLIB PROCESS LIBRARIES (1 REQUIRED):
    ==> ____________________________________________
    ==> ____________________________________________
    Connect:Direct MESSAGE DATA SET NAME (REQUIRED):
    ==> ____________________________________________
    UNIT SPECIFICATION FOR Connect:Direct TEMPORARY DATASET:
    ==> ________

The following table contains a description of the screen fields.

Field	Description
JOBCARD INFO	Typical job card information. Use the COND=(0,NE) for best results, meaning the job does not run if an error is found when configuring the job.
STEPLIB DATA SET NAME FOR Connect:Direct PROGRAMS	Name of the library containing the IBM Connect:Direct load modules. You can type two libraries in this section. Optional if the IBM Connect:Direct load modules are available via LINKLIST otherwise a STEPLIB is required.
Connect:Direct PUBLIC PROCESS LIBRARIES	Specifies the name of the library containing IBM Connect:Direct Processes.
Connect:Direct MESSAGE DATA SET NAME	Specifies the name of the message data set containing the IBM Connect:Direct messages.