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Components of a CA Ideal Plan Definition for DB2

Each application plan definition includes:

• Plan identification fill-in that creates the plan definition and provides it with identification information
• Plan parameters fill-in that specifies DB2 BIND command options
• Plan resources fill-in that specifies the CA Ideal programs directly included in the plan
• Package list fill-in for programs that have been bound individually as packages (see later in this section)
• DBRM fill-in that specifies DBRMs for non-Ideal programs

The CREATE PLAN command creates the components of the application plan definition. The EDIT PLAN command updates the components. You can also use the commands DISPLAY, PRINT, DUPLICATE, and DELETE with plan definitions. For complete syntax, see the Command Reference Guide.

This section contains explanations of how to complete the fill-ins that construct each component of a plan definition presented in the Plan Menu.

The Plan Menu describes the functions that CA Ideal provides to define and maintain plan definitions. To access this menu, select option 5 on the Main Menu or enter the PLAN command as follows:

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IDEAL: PLAN MAINTENANCE      PLA               SYS: DOC       MENU
 Enter desired option number===>      There are   6 options in this menu:
 1. EDIT/DISPLAY       - Edit or display a plan
 2. CREATE             - Create a plan
 3. PRINT              - Print a plan
 4. DELETE             - Delete a plan
 5. DUPLICATE          - Duplicate a plan to new name
 6. DISPLAY INDEX      - Display index of plan names in system

The batch command GENERATE PLAN generates the plan and prepares the program for execution. You can use the REFRESH PLAN command in the CICS environment after a plan was regenerated to make the plan available to the CICS environment. For details, see the Generating Application Plans topic in this chapter.