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(MII) PATTERN Statement-Apply EDIF Processing Options to Data Sets with Specific Patterns

The PATTERN statement lets you apply a set of EDIF processing options to all data sets that have a specified pattern in their data set names. This statement is available when you are running the EDIF of the CA MII component.

This command has the following format:

PATTERN NAME=pattern [ACCESSLIST(option)]
                     [AUTHORIZED(option)]
                     [BLKSIZE=option]
                     [CHECKEXCLUSIVE(options)]
                     [DSORG=option]
                     [EXEMPT(options)]
                     [LRECL=option]
                     [OPTION(options)]
                     [RECFM=option]

ACCESSLIST

(Optional) Identifies programs that are authorized to read these data sets. You can specify the same values for the ACCESSLIST parameter on any EDIF processing statement on which this parameter is available.

AUTHORIZED

(Optional) Identifies programs that are authorized to update these data sets. You can specify the same values for the AUTHORIZED parameter on any EDIF processing statement.

BLKSIZE

(Optional) Indicates what block size value EDIF should use during attribute verification. You can specify the same values for the BLKSIZE parameter on any EDIF processing statement on which this parameter is available.

CHECKEXCLUSIVE

(Optional) Identifies programs that cannot update these data sets when these data sets are allocated with DISP=SHR. You can specify the same values for the CHECKEXCLUSIVE parameter on any EDIF processing statement.

DSORG

(Optional) Indicates what data set organization EDIF should use during attribute verification. You can specify the same values as those for the DSORG parameter on the DATASET statement.

EXEMPT

(Optional) Identifies programs that are exempted from attribute verification. You can specify the same values for the EXEMPT parameter on any EDIF processing statement.

LRECL

(Optional) Indicates what logical record length EDIF should use during attribute verification. You can specify the same values for the LRECL parameter on any EDIF processing statement on which this parameter is available.

NAME

Identifies the data sets to which this PATTERN statement applies. Specify a pattern in the names for these data sets in place of the pattern variable. You can use the wildcard characters.

Note: For more information, see the Usage Notes under the description of the EXEMPT command.

OPTION

(Optional) Indicates what processing options EDIF should apply to these data sets.

You can specify any combination of the following values:

• ABEND
• ACCESSCHECK
• ATTRIBUTES
• CONFLICTMESSAGES
• ENQUEUE
• IGNORECC
• SMF | RECORD
• SUPPRESSMESSAGES
• UTILITY
• WAIT

You also can specify values that negate these options (for example, NOABEND, NOACCESSCHECK, NONE, and so on). Values that you specify on the same statement cannot be mutually exclusive.

RECFM

(Optional) Indicates what record format EDIF should use during attribute verification. You can specify the same values for the RECFM parameter on any EDIF processing statement on which this parameter is available.

Usage Notes: PATTERN Statement

• The PATTERN statement can be specified only in the EDIPARMS member of the MIMPARMS data set.
• EDIF scans PATTERN statements in the order in which they are specified in the EDIPARMS member. When EDIF finds a match, it uses that statement.
• You can negate options on any EDIF statement except the DATASET statement by specifying options that have the NO prefix. For example, you can negate the ABEND option on a DSORG statement by specifying OPTION=NOABEND on a PATTERN statement.
• Defaults for most EDIF statements, when not specified, depend on how they are used with other statements.

  Note: See the chapter “Advanced Topics” in the CA MII Programming Guide.

• Because processing options on PATTERN statements apply to many data sets, you should choose options carefully. Until you have done some preliminary testing, we recommend that you do not specify the following options:

  OPTION(ENQUEUE,WAIT)

  Places jobs in a wait state when a requested data set is unavailable.

  OPTION(UTILITY,ABEND)

  Abends tasks that are not authorized to update data sets.

  OPTION(ATTRIBUTES,ABEND)

  Abends tasks that are not allowed to change data set attributes.

  OPTION(ACCESSCHECK,ABEND)

  Checks read authority for each of these data sets.

  For more information, see the description of the DATASET Statement.

Examples: PATTERN Statement

• Suppose that you want EDIF to issue messages if a program changes the attributes of a data set with a name that matches the pattern ABCD.?.*. To do this, specify this statement in the EDIPARMS member:

  PATTERN NAME=ABCD.?.* OPTION=ATTRIBUTE
  

• Suppose that you want EDIF to make tasks wait if a data set with a name that matches the pattern SYS#.L### is being updated already. To do this, specify this statement in the EDIPARMS member:

  PATTERN NAME=SYS#.L### OPTION(ENQUEUE,WAIT)