EXEC and DD statements for the FF Site Default Generation utility

You must include the EXEC statement and appropriate DD statements in your FF Site Default Generation utility JCL.

Subsections:

EXEC statement

The EXEC statement must be in the following format:

//STEP EXEC PGM=BBESTGEN,PARM='parameter'
where:
PGM
Specifies the FF Site Default Generation program, which is BBESTGEN.
PARM
Specifies the function to run. Specify either of the following values:
GEN
Generates a site default table.
REPORT
Reports the contents of the site default table.

DD statement summary

The following table summarizes the DD statements for the FF Site Default Generation utility.

Table 1. BBESTGEN DD statements
DD name Use Format When EXEC PARM='GEN' When EXEC PARM='REPORT'
STEPLIB Input
RECFM=U
 Required Required
BBESIN Input
RECFM=FB
LRECL=80
 Required Not applicable
SYSPRINT Output
RECFM=FBA
LRECL=133
 Required Required
SYSPUNCH Output
RECFM=FB
LRECL=80
 Required Not applicable
SYSABEND or SYSUDUMP Output
RECFM=FBA
LRECL=133
 Optional Optional

DD statements for input

Specify the following input DD statements:

STEPLIB DD
This required DD statement specifies the load module library of DB Sensor. You do not need to APF-authorize this library.
When you specify PARM='REPORT' on the EXEC statement, you must also specify the library that contains the site default table module (BBESCTL0).
BBESIN DD
This DD statement is required when you specify PARM='GEN' on the EXEC statement. This DD statement specifies the BBESIN data set that contains the BBESIN control statement.

DD statements for output

Specify the following output DD statements:

SYSPRINT DD
This required DD statement specifies the output data set for the FF Site Default Generation utility reports.
SYSPUNCH DD
This DD statement is required when you specify PARM='GEN' on the EXEC statement. This DD statement specifies the output data set in which the source code for the site default table is generated.
SYSABEND DD or SYSUDUMP DD
This optional DD statement specifies the output data set to generate a dump.