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Define the Natural and Predict Types

Define your Natural and Predict Element types, processor groups, and processor group symbolics for each stage and system that is being configured for management of Natural and Predict elements. All subsystems defined to a system can use the types defined to that system.

To define the Natural and Predict types

1. Modify sample JCL member DEFTYPE, making sure that the job card, STEPLIB, and CONLIB definitions adhere to site standards.
2. Make a copy of DEFTYPE for each stage and system combination that is being configured for management of Natural elements. For example, if you have six stages in your Natural lifecycle, you need six copies of DEFTYPE.

   Copies of DEFTYPE are now available so you can edit them separately with stage-specific information.

3. Modify each copy of member DEFTYPE with the appropriate environment, stage, and system parameters; the base and delta libraries; and the symbol definitions. There are many definition sets within DEFTYPE (one for each Natural element type and Predict element type), and each needs to be assigned identical values for all of the following parameters and symbol definitions; therefore, we recommend that you use the CHANGE ALL edit to speed and simplify this edit procedure. Modify the italicized values in the following lines of DEFTYPE.
   • Environment, stage, and system parameters

     TO ENV 'ENVNAME'

     STAGE ID 'Z'

     CA Endevor SCM environment and stage

     SYSTEM 'SYSNAME'

     CA Endevor SCM system for which the types, processor groups, and Symbolics are being defined.

   • Base and delta libraries

     All Natural element types can share the same base and delta libraries. All Predict element types can also share the same base and delta libraries.

     BASE LIBRARY 'NAT.SRCLIB'

     CA Endevor SCM base Library for Natural element types

     DELTA LIBRARY 'NAT.DELTA'

     CA Endevor SCM delta Library for Natural element types

     BASE LIBRARY 'PRED.SRCLIB'

     CA Endevor SCM base Library for Predict element types

     DELTA LIBRARY 'PRED.DELTA'

     CA Endevor SCM delta Library for Predict element types

   • Symbol definitions

     All symbol definitions reference the CA Endevor SCM Integration for the Natural Environment site symbolic sets.

     • All processor groups (generate, delete, and move) share the same set of symbols, as follows.

       	SYMBOL ADALOAD=&#ADALOAD#X
       	SYMBOL NATLOAD=&#NATLOAD#X
       	SYMBOL NATNUC=&#NATNUC#X
       	SYMBOL NATPARM=&#NATPARM#X
       	SYMBOL DDCARD=&#DDCARD#X
       	SYMBOL DDCARDD=&#DDCARDD#X
       	SYMBOL DDCARDM=&#DDCARDM#X
       	SYMBOL LISTLIB=&#LISTLIB#X
       

       Use the CHANGE ALL command to replace the #X in the symbol definitions to the value used in the CA Endevor SCM Integration for the Natural Environment site symbolic set that corresponds to the stage for which the current copy of DEFTYPE is being configured. For example, if you set the stage ID parameter to STAGE ID = T, then you would change the #X in the symbol definitions to #T, assuming that this is the suffix used in the CA Endevor SCM Integration for the Natural Environment site symbolic set that corresponds to stage T.

     • In addition, all move processor groups also share the following additional set of symbols.

       	SYMBOL ADALOAD2=&#ADALOAD#Y
       	SYMBOL NATLOAD2=&#NATLOAD#Y
       	SYMBOL NATNUC2=&#NATNUC#Y
       	SYMBOL NATPARM2=&#NATPARM#Y
       	SYMBOL DDCARD2=&#DDCARD#Y
       	SYMBOL DDCARDD2=&#DDCARDD#Y
       	SYMBOL DDCARDM2=&#DDCARDM#Y
       	SYMBOL LISTLIB2=&#LISTLIB#Y
       

       Use the CHANGE ALL command to change the #Y in the symbol definitions to the value used in the CA Endevor SCM Integration for the Natural Environment site symbolic set that corresponds to the stage to which elements will be moved. For example, if elements will be moved from stage T (test) to stage Q (QA), then you would change the #Y suffix to #Q (assuming that this is the suffix used in the CA Endevor SCM Integration for the Natural Environment Site Symbolic set that corresponds to stage Q).

4. Submit the JCL for each copy of DEFTYPE (once for each stage and system combination) created and edited in the previous step.