Running in a Batch Environment › Capabilities of CA Ideal in Batch

Capabilities of CA Ideal in Batch

You can use batch CA Ideal to perform any CA Ideal service that is initiated by a command and that does not require interaction with the user. These include the following:

• Setting options (SET commands are described in the section, How to set Setting Defaults, in the chapter “Setting Defaults”).
• Running utilities (see the chapter “Utility Programs” in the Programming Reference Guide).
• Managing entities, such as deleting, marking status, printing, and so on.
• Cataloging dataviews (see the Creating Dataviews Guide).
• Compiling programs (described in the Creating Programs Guide).
• Running batch programs (described in this section).
• Creating sorted reports (see the Generating Reports Guide).

You cannot run services that require interaction with a user in batch. For example, the following command has insufficient syntax to complete the DUPLICATE command and returns a prompter:

DUPLICATE

In batch, the DUPLICATE command is terminated at this point since you cannot enter information into the prompter, and the next CA Ideal command in the job stream is executed. However, the following command works successfully in any environment, provided the entity exists.

DUPLICATE PANEL ORDFRM VERSION 2 NEXT VERSION

In addition, a program with any panel‑processing PDL statements, such as TRANSMIT, cannot run in batch and terminates the run. If you use a DISPLAY command for index, session, or dataview option display, the command is treated like a PRINT command.

Note: Printing to a network printer (DESTINATION NET) is not allowed in batch.