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Build Statements

Use BUILD statements to create DEFINE statements from an existing Environment. You can create DEFINE statements for a single Environment definition (for example a System, Subsystem, or Type) or for an entire Environment structure (for example the Production Environment). The statements are written to a sequential data set or a partitioned data set member. You can modify the data set that the BUILD action creates.

The following general conventions apply to all BUILD statements:

• The Environment names you specify in the BUILD statement 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 statement cannot include embedded spaces and must consist of national characters (A-Z, 0-9, @, # or $).
• Name-masking is supported on some variable values. For details, see the product documentation for each Build statement.
• If the data set name you specify in the TO DSNAME clause contains embedded periods you must enclose it in quotation marks.
• Variable values can be enclosed in double or single quotes, but quotes are not required, except for data set names. All variable values on Define statements created by Build statements are enclosed in quotes by default.