You can view a sample data set name that uses generic values, to show how the data set
name would be generated using your specifications.
About this task
To view the string as it will be completed, enter Y in the
Show DSN field. When you press Enter, the sample string appears, as shown in
the following figure: Figure 1. Viewing a sample string
Resulting DSN using current symbolic string
Using the following sample data as input:
&JOBNAME = 'JOBNAME ' &STEPNAME = 'STEPNAME' &UID = 'TUSER'
&SSID = 'SS01' &ICTYPE = 'F' &UTIL = 'UTILNAME'
&LOCREM = 'L' &PRIBAC = 'P' &DB = 'DATABASE'
&SN = 'SPACENAM' &PART = '00001'
The date/time fields are set to the current time.
The generated dataset would be:
* SS01.DATABASE.SPACENAM.D2008143 *
Press PF3 (END) to return to the data set name generation
panel.