Overview

CA Endevor/DB provides you with the capability of maintaining the Change Control Database (CCDB) through the use of English-like commands. This chapter describes these commands in detail, providing you with an explanation of command processing, the CA Endevor/DB Batch syntax, and the coding rules specific to each command.

PROCESS mode causes the CA Endevor/DB Batch program to update the CCDB for update type verbs. If the DISPLAY or PUNCH verb is specified in a supported command, the Batch processing outputs the contents of the CCDB as if operating in PUNCH mode with an ADD CCDB-entity-type request. If a DISPLAY verb is specified, Batch processing displays commands in a card-image format, preceded by "*+" on the listing. If a PUNCH verb is specified, Batch processing displays the commands and also outputs the commands into a card image dataset, without "*+" identifiers, for subsequent execution. Chapter 3 describes the command behavior when running in PROCESS mode.

The other option is PUNCH mode, which causes the CA Endevor/DB Batch program to output commands into a card image dataset for subsequent execution. If DISPLAY or PUNCH verbs are specified on a supported command, the PUNCH mode processes these requests the same as described above for PROCESS mode. Chapter 4 describes the command behavior when running in PUNCH mode.

CA Endevor/DB Batch operates by default in PROCESS mode. If you want to change modes, you can use the SET OPTIONS command, described in the Signon and Set Option Comands chapter.