IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility setup overview

Setup for IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility consists of creating JCL procedures and the IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility control file.

Summary of setup tasks:

  • Create a control file member that contains user-provided options for IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility operation
  • Create system and user-defined PROCLIB members for JCL

Figure 1. Summary of IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility Setup
Summary of IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility Setup

The following process steps match the numbers in the diagram:

  1. Set options that specify the operation environment.
  2. Option values are stored in the control file (HPCACTL) for reference during the IMS HP Change Accumulation Utility operation.
  3. Create JCL for executing multiple parallel change accumulation processes.
  4. JCL is stored as procedure library members (PROCLIB) or encoded for dynamic allocation.