Syntax-checking control data set members

After you specify a control data set and member on the Tivoli Advanced Allocation Management Primary Option Menu, or after you display a list of control data set members, you can check the syntax of RULEDEFS, VGRPDEFS, and VARDEFS control data set members.

About this task

Note: You cannot syntax-check OPTIONS members.

Procedure

  1. To syntax-check the selected member, type S on the Options line. To syntax-check a member from a list of members, type S next to the member that you want to check.
    The ISPF BROWSE function is invoked to view the results returned by syntax check routine.
  2. Optional: If you want to retain the resulting output or prefer to use a data set name of your own choosing, specify the name of a listing data set in the Listing Data Set field. The specified data set must be fully qualified, without quotation marks.

    If the data set you specify does not exist, it is created. If the data set you specify exists, the contents are overwritten.

    Note: By default, the results of the syntax check are saved in a temporary file named user_id.stcname.SYNTAX.
  3. Specify an output mode: V (view) or B (browse).

Results

Advanced Allocation Management checks the selected control data set member for syntax errors and then invokes the ISPF BROWSE or VIEW function so that you can review the results of the syntax check. If no errors are detected, the message NO SYNTAX ERRORS FOUND is displayed at the end of the report.