TCO: Allocate data set with Commands for Time-Driven Procedures

This entry allows you to specify the name of the data set holding the TCO members and commands to be issued to initiate, change, start, or stop time-driven procedures for any IMS operation.

Use reply processing on the Message Processing panel:

Pass/Selection Retry Count Reply Text
INIT   DFSTCF LOAD DFSTCF .
SPEC   DFSTCF LOAD &EHKVAR1 .
START   ⁄START LTERM DFSTCF1 .
STOP   ⁄PSTOP LTERM DFSTCFI .

Keyword and Parameter Definitions

INIT
This entry specifies the IMS command required to start the initial time driven procedure DFSTCF.
SPEC
This entry specifies the IMS command required to change from the current TCO script to a script name entered from the operator interface.
START
This entry specifies the IMS command required to start TCO.
STOP
This entry specifies the IMS command required to stop TCO.

Comments and Usage Notes

  1. Use the user processing option on the Message processing panel to define TCO data set name. The specification is optional.
    Keyword Data
    DSN data set name
  2. For more information on TCO, refer to the IMS Operations Guide.
  3. &EHKVAR1 is the name entered from the IMS automation operator interface TCO function.