Batch Utility Reference › Overview

Overview

The batch utility uses information defined in the data dictionary to perform the following activities:

• Generate map load modules
• Produce map and panel reports
• Produce a facsimile of a map and panel on a terminal screen
• Decompile map and panel occurrences generated by either the batch or the online compiler into map source code that can be used as input to the batch compiler
• Delete map load modules

The batch utility also is used to migrate a map from one dictionary to another. Decompiled batch source code from one dictionary can be compiled on another dictionary, and a new load module can be generated from the newly compiled map code.

The statements and JCL necessary to use the batch mapping utility are presented as follows.