PM69625: CEX ISPF DIALOG AND BATCH UTILITIES DO NOT SUPPORT A TRANSACTIONBEGINNING WITH A NUMERIC CHARACTER.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• This APAR addresses these IMS Connect Extensions problems:
  1. The ISPF dialog and batch utilities do not support a
  transaction beginning with a numeric character. INVALID NAME is
  received.  This is a valid transaction code that should be
  allowed.
  
  2. Sample JCL for IVP cases 6 thru 9 are missing from SAMPLIB.
  
  3. New ROUTE command to allow a datastore to be logically
  suspended and resumed.
  
  4. The CEX print utility output contains N/A in the TSKID field
  and the event Key is incorrect.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IMS Connect Extentions V2.2         *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The ISPF dialog and batch utilities do  *
  *                      not support a transaction beginning     *
  *                      with a numeric character.               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  The following issues are addressed in this APAR:
  1. The ISPF dialog and batch utilities do not support a
  transaction beginning with a numeric character. This is
  a valid transaction code that should be allowed
  2. Sample JCL for IVP cases 6 thru 9 are missing from SAMPLIB
  

Problem conclusion

• The following changes have been made for the above issues:
  1. Corrected the ISPF dialog and batch utilities to allow
  resource names to begin with a numeric character confirming
  to the IMS naming rules.
  2. Provided sample JCL for IVP cases 6 thru 9 in SAMPLIB
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UK81411

Modules/Macros

• CEXAGDEP CEXALDEP CEXBCMD0 CEXBDSI0 CEXBDSI1
  CEXBDSO1 CEXCLEAN CEXCOMM  CEXCOMMP CEXCREFP CEXCSETP CEXDDDEP
  CEXDFAFL CEXDFAPP CEXDFDRV CEXDFDS  CEXDFDSG CEXDFEX  CEXDFGRP
  CEXDFNWP CEXDFORL CEXDFORT CEXDFPSB CEXDFRTL CEXDFTXN CEXD02
  CEXEXRTR CEXE05   CEXGRDEP CEXIVP6  CEXIVP7  CEXIVP8  CEXIVP9
  CEXLGDRV CEXOLDEP CEXOPSSP CEXORDEP CEXOTDEP CEXPUBSP CEXPUDRV
  CEXRLDEP CEXRTDEP CEXSAPCP CEXSHELL CEXSLOGP CEXSMSPN CEXSTPCP
  CEXTRDEP CEXTRSCP CEXVDEF  CEXVTXN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IMS CONNECT EXT

• Fixed component ID

  5655K4800

Applicable component levels

• R220 PSY UK81411

     UP12/08/31 P F208

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