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4.4.8.4 Identifying CA MICS and SAS in SMS ACS Routines

CA MICS provides a flexible approach to file naming. It will
accommodate most data set naming conventions.

After the CA MICS convention is specified at your site, those
names are available for query by DFSMS ACS routines.  In most
cases, a short FILTLIST in an ACS routine can recognize any
CA MICS file name. Decisions about tape residency,
enforcement of system-determined block size, and so on, can
then be based on that FILTLIST.

You can choose to modify your ACS routines to identify the
program name under which allocation of CA MICS and SAS data
sets occur, so that the allocation of these types of data
sets will be handled correctly.  However, there may be
difficulties with implementing this approach at your site.
For example, IKJEFT01 is the batch-TMP interface program
provided by ISPF.  Applications other than CA MICS can use
this program.  In addition, other applications besides
CA MICS may use SAS.  This is why we recommend the use of
data set name identification over program name
identification.  If you decide to identify program names in
your ACS routines, test for the following program names:

 o  For CA MICS:

    -  MACTL
    -  IKJEFT01

 o  For SAS:

    -  SASHOST
    -  SASXAL
    -  SASCP