Perform Adoption or Unadoption › Adopt Model, Selected Objects, or System-Defined Objects › Steps to Adopt a Model

Steps to Adopt a Model

Follow these steps:

1. Access the CA Gen Main menu.
2. Select options 1.2.4. Press Enter.

   The Adoption Adoptee Model Name menu appears.

3. Type the name of the adoptee model. Press Enter.

   The Adoption Related Model Name panel appears. Alternatively, tab to the field and press the prompt key for a list of valid choices. Select a model from the list by typing any character except period (.) next to one name and press Enter again.

4. Type the name of the related model.

   Alternatively, tab to the field and press the prompt key for a list of valid choices. Select a model from the list by typing any character except period (.) next to one name and press Enter again.

5. Type / (slash) next to the object range you want.
   • All objects
   • System-defined objects
   • Selected objects
6. Type / (slash) next to the execution option you want.
   • Online
   • Batch
7. Press Enter.
   • If you selected System-defined objects or All objects and Online processing, the Confirm Models and Families for Adoption panel appears. Press Enter to continue.
   • The Adopt Model/Objects report appears in Browse mode.
   • If you selected System-defined objects or All objects and Batch processing, the Batch JOB card maintenance panel appears. Modify the JOB card as necessary and SUBMIT the Job.
   • If you chose the Selected objects, the Aggregate Set Retrieval panel appears.
8. To use a set, type the name of an aggregate set, type Y in the Retrieve Aggregate Set field and press Enter. To continue without using a set, leave the set name blank, the Retrieve Aggregate Set field at N, and press Enter.

   The Adoption Aggregate Object Type Selection panel appears.

9. Type / (slash) by the aggregate object types to be expanded. To reset and begin the selection again, type CANCEL.
   1. Press Enter. A message appears.
   2. Press Enter.

      A selection list appears with the occurrences of the first object type selected.

   3. Type S next to the aggregate object occurrences you want to select. Type E to expand an occurrence. Press Enter.

   Repeat until all object types have been processed. The Confirm Aggregate Objects Selected for Adoption panel appears.

10. Type / (slash) next to any individual occurrences you want to remove.
11. Press Enter.

    The Confirm Selected Aggregate Objects panel appears.

12. Type ACCEPT, SAVE, END, or CANCEL; then press Enter.

    ACCEPT or SAVE stores the set and ends processing. ACCEPT processes but does not save. SAVE processes and saves the set.