Checking terminal definitions

Although you can use the CHECK command to check a group of TERMINAL definitions (it resolves references from display devices to printers, for instance), it is not very useful in resolving TYPETERM references if these are in a separate group because it would produce many unwanted messages for missing TYPETERMs.

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When you add a new cluster of terminal devices, create a new group for them, and then create a list containing your TYPETERM definitions group and the new group of TERMINAL definitions. You can then use the CHECK command to check the whole list, without it being too time-consuming. This list is needed only for the duration of the checking, and is never named as the GRPLIST.

To avoid duplicating TERMINAL names, you could maintain a list of all groups containing TERMINAL definitions. You can use CHECK LIST to ensure that all new TERMINAL names are unique. If this is too lengthy a process, you can avoid it if TERMINAL names beginning with similar characters are kept in separate groups, for example:

TERMINAL(AZ01) GROUP(AZTERMS)
TERMINAL(AZ02) GROUP(AZTERMS)
TERMINAL(AZ03) GROUP(AZTERMS)
          .
          .
          .
TERMINAL(AZnn) GROUP(AZTERMS)
 
TERMINAL(BJ01) GROUP(BJTERMS)
TERMINAL(BJ02) GROUP(BJTERMS)
TERMINAL(BJ03) GROUP(BJTERMS)
          .
          .
          .
TERMINAL(BJnn) GROUP(BJTERMS)

Remember: If you are using autoinstall for terminals, you must install the TYPETERM definitions before installing the autoinstall model definitions, to ensure that the model is created. The CHECK command does not check the order of such definitions.