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Upload Topic Text Structure (ESSTEXT)

This utility uploads 80-byte records from one or more sequential files (TEXT) into the primary areas of the installed database as topic text.

Before you can execute this utility, use the online Add Utility (option 3.2) to add the chapter reference identifier and name, the subject identifier and name, and the topic reference identifier and name. See Maintenance Option.

Keyword parameters direct upload processes to a specific database structure. You can optionally replace the entire contents of the topic (all topic text records) with the contents of the sequential file, through keyword parameter specifications.

You can upload multiple topics from a sequential file that contains imbedded control cards in front of topic text. Keyword parameter specification enables you to direct utility processing for single topic text upload or for multiple topic text uploads. Multiple topics can be uploaded with a single execution of the ESSTEXT utility.

Target or Distribution source library member ESSTEXT (z/OS), TOOLJCL library member ESSTEXT.S (Z/VSE), or the ESSTEXT EXEC (Z/VM) contains the model JCL and key for this utility, and keyword parameter information. You can also access keyword parameter information using the online documentation.

Input to the text dataset can be either a sequential file or a PDS member. Datasets can be concatenated.