Overview

CA ADS Batch applications are executed by running ADSBATCH, the batch version of the Application Development System runtime system. This chapter discusses the following runtime topics:

Flow of control in an application
Specifying characteristics of files accessed in an application
The relationship between application components and physical data sets
Application restartability
CA ADS Batch trace facility
Multiple external run units under CA ADS Batch
Operator shutdown of an application
Runtime control parameters, including PARM field parameters and control statements
Loading runtime components
JCL for ADSBATCH