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Dynamic Symbolic Support for CA Endevor SCM

If you are licensed for CA Endevor Software Change Manager (CA Endevor SCM), CA Technologies recommends using the dynamic symbolic support feature provided by the CA Technologies testing tools. This feature allows you to populate your PROTSYM file dynamically on demand with symbolic information for programs built using CA Endevor SCM.

We recommend setting DYNREG_ENDEVOR to YES to enable dynamic symbolic support for CA Endevor SCM if the listing is not already registered or if there is a date/time stamp mismatch.

Because there are many ways to maintain the content of your PROTSYM files, you may encounter the scenario where you have multiple versions of the same program for which you need to locate and select the correct symbolic information. Using dynamic symbolic support gives you the option to create your symbolic information only when it is needed, rather than always reloading your PROTSYM file after each compilation or assembly. This can save you time, CPU utilization, and even DASD space.

Business Value:

The dynamic symbolic support feature is available with many of CA Technologies testing tool products including CA InterTest Batch, CA InterTest for CICS, CA SymDump Batch, and CA SymDump for CICS. This feature simplifies the setup requirements for using symbolic support, while simultaneously eliminating the majority of potential setup errors associated with it. By improving the accuracy of the content of your symbolic file and eliminating common setup errors, dynamic symbolic support can greatly increase the productivity of your programmers.

Setting DYNREG_ENDEVOR to YES activates the dynamic registering of compile listings from Endevor SCM. The manual registration of activities becomes unnecessary with the implementation of this feature.

Additional Considerations:

Dynamic symbolic support requires that you compile or assemble your applications using a CA Endevor SCM process with the footprint feature active. When symbolic information is required by one of the CA Technologies testing tools, your PROTSYM files are inspected first for the matching symbolic information. When no matching information is found, the executable is inspected for a CA Endevor SCM footprint. If this footprint is found, that footprint is used to locate the matching listing that is dynamically loaded into your specified PROTSYM file. The matching symbolic information is then used by your test session.

More Information:

For specific instructions related to setting up and using dynamic symbolic support, see the CA Mainframe Application Tuner Installation Guide and the CA Mainframe Application Tuner User Guide.