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Using the GLOBALS Command

If you want to create, view, or modify test versions of global variables, enter this command from the command line of the AOF Test GLV panel:

GLOBALS

As a result, CA OPS/MVS displays a set of test panels that appears similar to the set of panels that make up OPSVIEW option 4.8. However, be aware that although the panels may look similar, you do not enter option 4.8 when you issue the GLOBALS command. Furthermore, the global variables you work with on these test panels are not actual global variables CA OPS/MVS will use. They exist only as long as the test you are performing and will be lost when you exit the test environment.

Because the test panels are so similar to the panels in option 4.8, if you are uncertain about how to use them, see How to Control CA OPS/MVS Global Variables (Option 4.8) in the chapter “Using the OPSVIEW Control Option.”

You may want to allocate a data set in which to store your test global variables. If you want, you can use the permanent global variable data set in the AOF test environment. To do so, allocate the data set to SYSCHK1 ddname in your ISPF session before you enter OPSVIEW option 2.1. Use this format:

ALLOC F(SYSCHK1) DA('PRGRMMR.TEST.GLOBALS') SHR REU

You can use OPSVIEW option 0.1 to set the maximum number of global variables that the AOF test environment can use.