Setting options for procedures and steps

Use the Procedures and Steps pages of the property group editor to edit, add, remove, or alter the order of the supplied procedures and to display or edit step options.

About this task

The Procedures and Steps page is available on the Assembler, BMS, C/C++, COBOL, Link, MFS, PL/I, Run, and ZUnit property group tabs.
The Procedure and step table lists the procedures and steps that are defined for the property group and their status. It includes the following columns:
  • Procedure Name: Displays the name of the procedures that are used to generate the steps. By default, this option is set to match a procedure that is included with the product.
  • Step Name: Displays the step name that is specified in the procedure. This step name is used to generate any override DD cards or statements in the generated JCL, remote project builds, or remote syntax check.
  • Status: Indicates whether the step is enabled or disabled. This column is displayed only on the C/C++, COBOL, and PL/I Procedures and Steps page.

Procedure

You can set the following options for procedures and steps:

  • Click a step name to display the options in the Step options area of the page.
  • To change the status of a procedure, click the Status cell in that procedure's row and then click Enable Procedure or Disable Procedure.
  • Click Add Step to add a step.
    The Add a New Step area of the page opens.
  • Click Remove Step to remove the selected step from the procedure.
  • Click Up or Down to move the selected step up or down in the procedure.
  • When you select a step from the table, its name is displayed in the list below the table, and the options that are defined for it are displayed in the Step options area of the page. To edit the procedure or step name, click Edit beside the list and edit the names that are shown in the Procedure Name and Step Name fields.
  • Click Check Data Sets to check that data sets specified in the step options field exist on the remote system.
    Note: If a data set name contains the <HLQ> variable substitution, Check Data Sets cannot validate the data set name.
  • For more information about specific step options, see the following topics: