EXTA - Description of steps

The steps of the procedure execution are indicated in the order, with the names of the input and output files and explanations on each file.

  1. Input recognition: PTU001
  2. Check of VSAM files: IDCAMS
  3. Extraction of Tables data: BVPTA150
    Code Physical name Type Label
    PAC7TD &INDUV..&ROOTT.00TD Input Table descriptions file
    PAC7TE &INDSV..BVPTE Input Error messages file
    PAC7TG &INDUV..&ROOTT.00TG Input User parameters file
    PAC7TV &INDUV..&ROOTT.00TV Input Table contents file
    PAC7MV &&EXTAMB Input Extractions requests
    PAC7EX &&EX Output Extracted transactions
    PAC7ET   Report Transactions report
  4. Printing of extracted transactions: BVPTA160
    Code Physical name Type Label
    PAC7TD &INDUV..&ROOTT.00TD Input Table descriptions file
    PAC7EX &&EX Input Extracted transactions
    PAC7NU &&MBTAB Output Extracted transactions
    PAC7ET   Report Printing of extracted data
    SORTWK01   Sort  
    SORTWK02   Sort  
    SORTWK03   Sort  
The return code can have the following values:
  • 0: No delimiter in data
  • 8: Delimiter in at least one Table
  • 12: Delimiter in all the Tables