Creating a BMS map set

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The BMS Map Set wizard guides you through the creation of a new map set.

Before you begin

Before you begin, you must create a project in your local workspace or you must create a partitioned data set (PDS) on a remote system or an MVS subproject.

About this task

This topic mentions the EXTATT operand, which is supported for compatibility with previous releases. You can now define each of the extended attributes individually. For new maps, use the MAPATTS and DSATTS operands instead.
The MAPATTS operand specifies the attribute types to be included in the physical map. These types can be one or more of the following values:
  • COLOR
  • HILIGHT
  • OUTLINE
  • PS
  • SOSI
  • TRANSP
  • VALIDN
The MAPATTS types must include all the attribute types to be specified for individual fields in the map (DFHMDF macro).
The DSATTS operand specifies the attribute types to be included in the symbolic description map. These types can be one or more of the following values:
  • COLOR
  • HILIGHT
  • OUTLINE
  • PS
  • SOSI
  • TRANSP
  • VALIDN
Any type included in the DSATTS operand must also be included in the MAPATTS operand.

Procedure

To create a map set:

  1. Click File > New > Other.
    You can also use the keystroke combination Ctrl+N.
    The Select a wizard window opens.
  2. In the Select a wizard window, expand the z/OS Development category, select z/OS Development > BMS > Map Set, and click Next.
    The BMS map set file location window opens.
  3. In the BMS map set file location window, browse to the folder that you want in a local project or in a PDS on the remote system, specify the name of the file in which the new map set is to be created, and click Next.
    The .bms file name extension is automatically added to the file name.
    • To create a map set with default attributes and extended attributes, click Finish. The map set creation is complete.
    • To specify map set attributes or to link to an MVS subproject, click Next. The BMS Map Set Attributes window opens. Go to the next step.
  4. In the BMS Map Set Attributes window, specify map set attributes:
    1. You can specify the following map set attributes:
      Name
      The name of the map set
      Description
      A description of the map set
      Language
      One of the following values:
      • COBOL
      • PL/I
      • C
      • ASM
      Type
      One of the following values:
      • Physical
      • Symbolic
      • &SYSPARM
      • Template
      Terminal
      One of the following values:
      • ALL
      • CRLP
      • DISK
      • TWX
      • 1050
      • 2740
      • 2770
      • 2780
      • 3780
      • 3270-1
      • 3270-2
      • INTLU
      • 3767
      • 3770
      • SCS
      • 2980
      • 2980-4
      • 3270
      • 3601
      • 3653
      • 3650UP
      • 3650
      • BCHLU
      • 3770B
      Mode
      One of the following values:
      • Input and output
      • Input
      • Output
    2. To create a map that is the size of the map set, select Create full screen map.
    3. If you want to add the new .bms file to an existing MVS subproject, select Add to MVS Project, and click the project name on the list.
    4. Choose whether you want to create a map set with default extended attributes.
    • To create a map set with default extended attributes, click Finish. The map set creation is complete.
    • To specify extended attributes, click Next. The Extended attributes window opens. Go to the next step.
  5. Make choices in the Extended attributes window.
    1. The Symbolic (DSECT) check boxes are as follows:
      • Extended color
      • Extended highlighting
      • Field outlining
      • Programmed symbol
      • Double byte SOSI
      • Background transparency
      • Validation
    2. The Physical (MAP) check boxes are as follows:
      • Extended color
      • Extended highlighting
      • Field outlining
      • Programmed symbol
      • Double byte SOSI
      • Background transparency
      • Validation
    3. In the Extended attributes support list, select the blank value or set the EXTATT operand by choosing one of the following values:
      No
      Is equivalent to omitting the DSATTS and MAPATTS operands.
      Yes
      Is equivalent to the following setting (the default):
      MAPATTS=(COLOR,HILIGHT,PS,VALIDN)
DSATTS=(COLOR,HILIGHT,PS,VALIDN)
      Map only
      Is equivalent to the following setting:
      MAPATTS=(COLOR,HILIGHT,PS,VALIDN)
      If you select the blank value, the EXTATT operand is omitted from the new map set file.
  6. Click Finish to finish creating the map set.

Results

A map set file is created.