IMS sample application

The IVP jobs and tasks create a basic structure to run the IMS sample application.

The structure includes:
  • Building all the IMS blocks
  • Creating the application programs
  • Loading the database

The IMS sample application includes the creation, usage, and maintenance of the Parts database that is needed to run the sample application. You need to perform verification of this database through an IMS terminal user session.

The following figure shows the sample application's logical view of the Parts database.

Figure 1. IMS sample application's logical view of the parts database
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The application requires five segments of the Parts database:
  • One part number description segment for each part within the database.
  • A standard data segment for each part that provides additional information of a standard nature about the part.
  • Inventory stock status segments for each part. The application is designed with multiple inventory locations permissible, and normally required, for any particular part.
  • Cycle count segments (from 0 to n).
  • Back-order segments for each inventory location of a particular part.