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Invoking CA Endevor/DB

To invoke CA Endevor/DB, use either of two CA IDMS/DC task codes: NDVR or NDVRMIS.

• Use NDVR to display the Signon Function screen.
• Use NDVRMIS to go directly to the Main Function Menu screen, bypassing the Signon Function screen.

Note: If CA Endevor/DB requires a password, using NDVRMIS will not bypass the Signon Function screen. The first time that you sign on to an CA IDMS/DC session, you must always enter your password on the Signon Functions screen.

In either case, when you invoke CA Endevor/DB, the system automatically tries to locate three pieces of information:

• Your user name (i.e., the user name in effect for the terminal session).
• The list of CCIDs for your user name (for Signon CCID processing).
• The dictionary being processed.

To do this, the system first looks to see if CA Endevor/DB has been invoked during this session. If so, it takes the user name and list of CCIDs used at that time (if any Signon CCIDs are used). If not, it constructs the user name using the CA IDMS/DC USERID for the session (if possible), and assumes a blank CCID list for the user. (If the Derived CCID option is in effect, CCIDs are dynamically assigned through the use of preauthorizations.) In either case, the system then finds the dictionary last used for the session (generally set by DCUF or a compiler).

If you invoked CA Endevor/DB using the NDVR task code, the system returns the Signon Function screen, filled in to the extent possible based on the processing described above. If you invoked CA Endevor/DB using the NDVRMIS task code, the system goes directly to the Main Function Menu, assuming adequate Signon information was obtained automatically (above). Otherwise, if the Signon information is not adequate, the system returns the Signon Function screen, again filled in to the extent possible.

Be aware that the following messages are common on the Signon Function screen:

• NDVRSECY: E010 USER REQUIRED IN SIGNON

  No user-id was specified at the CA IDMS/DC SIGNON and no user-id was specified on the SIGNON FUNCTION screen. Enter a user-id in the USER NAME field on the SIGNON FUNCTION screen.

• NDVRFLIO: E020 REQUESTED USER user-id RECORD NOT FOUND

  The system attempted to construct the CA Endevor/DB user information from the CA IDMS/DC USERID, but the indicated user-id does not correspond to a valid CA Endevor/DB user name. Overtype the name with a valid CA Endevor/DB user name.

• NDVRM000: W003 SPECIFY A CA-ENDEVOR/DB SUPPORTED DBNAME

  No dictname has been set for the session, typically using an CA IDMS/DC DCUF SET DICTNAME command. Enter the dbname of a dictionary operating under CA Endevor/DB in the DBNAME field.

• NDVRM000: E003 dname IS NOT A CA-ENDEVOR/DB SUPPORTED DBNAME

  CA Endevor/DB is not in use for the indicated dbname. Overtype the DBNAME field with the dbname of a dictionary operating under CA Endevor/DB.