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Build Statements

Use BUILD statements to create DEFINE SCL statements from an existing environment definition or structure. You can create DEFINE SCL statements for a single environment definition (for example system, subsystem, or type) or for an entire environment structure (for example the Production environment). The SCL statements are written to either a sequential data set or a partitioned data set member. You can modify the data set that the BUILD action creates or transmit it to a remote CA Endevor SCM location for execution.

The following general conventions apply to all BUILD statements:

• The environment names you specify in the BUILD clause can have a maximum of eight characters with the exception of SHIPMENT DESTINATION, which can be no longer than seven characters, and APPROVER GROUP, which can be no longer than 16 characters.
• The environment names you specify in the BUILD clause cannot include imbedded spaces, non-alphabetical, non-numeric, or non-national characters.
• If you specify an environment name that contains only numeric characters then you must enclose it in single or double quotation marks.
• You can use partially or fully wildcarded names in the BUILD clause.
• You can use wildcards for non-environment inventory locations.
• Environment names you specify in the FROM clause must all be fully specified.
• If the data set name you specify in the TO DSNAME clause contains imbedded periods you must enclose it in quotation marks.