Description

When running batch compilers through CA IDMS, the CA Endevor/DB Dynamic Change Monitor captures updates to the dictionary and interfaces with the CCDB in a manner similar to the online compilers. All updates to the dictionary will be authorized against and logged to the appropriate CCDB by the Change Monitor.

All CA IDMS batch processing runs under an assigned userid. The user ID is obtained from the originating interactive sessions (TSO, CICS) or from the batch job (JOB card USER parameter).

When CA Endevor/DB is used to monitor dictionary changes by any of these means, it will automatically determine the userid, and attribute the dictionary changes to that userid. Thus, you can run batch jobs that execute CA IDMS dictionary utilities (IDMSDDDL, etc.) using your existing JCL; dictionary updates are then attributed to your batch userid.

While automatic usage of your batch user ID is often useful, it is inappropriate in the following situations:

Your site uses CA Endevor/DB passwords.
You switch from one set of CCIDs to another.
You are running an CA IDMS dictionary utilities and CA Endevor/DB migration tools (NDVRDSEL, NDVRDLVR, etc.) during an application migration.
Your site uses CA IDMS userids that are not identical to batch userids.

For the preceding cases, a utility program named NDVRBOOK is supplied with CA Endevor/DB to perform an CA Endevor/DB sign on (complete with password and/or CCIDs) and then invoke a dictionary utility. It is also used to identify dictionary updates (resulting from dictionary utilities) as part of a migration.