Duration
30 minutes
Overview
Description
This course contains many IDCAMS utility tips, tricks, techniques, and best-practice items associated with VSAM data.
Audience
This course is aimed at Application Programmers, Systems Programmers and Operations staff.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of all other Interskill VSAM courses in this curriculum, or equivalent knowledge.
Objectives
After completing this course, the student will be able to identify opportunities where IDCAMS can be used to perform more advanced tasks with VSAM data sets.
Course Content
Tips and Tricks – VSAM
Deleting a PDS Member – IDCAMS
Deleting a Data Set with an Expiry Date – IDCAMS
Passing Variables to In-Stream Control Statements – IDCAMS
Using ISPF and IDCAMS
Using the IDCAMS MAXCC
Using MAXCC to end IDCAMS Processing
Nesting IF Statements – IDCAMS
Common IDCAMS Control Statement Syntax Errors
Extending a GDG – IDCAMS