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Checkout/Retrieve PDS Members

Model Name: APJCPDS

Usage: Checkout/Retrieve Processing.

Purpose: Checkout/Retrieve members of PDS libraries.

User keywords passed to the model: None.

Output: JCL and control statements for IEBCOPY.

Processing Overview: A member is copied from the From Library to the starting level test library (Retrieve processing) or to a development level library (Checkout processing).

A member that already exists on the Test Level Library is replaced or not, as specified on the Retrieve panel.

During Checkout processing, a step is run to update the database to update the status of the member.

Model specification notes: You should consider adding an INCLUDE to add a JOBLIB DD statement for model APJCJOBL prior to the INCLUDE of APJCLIBR.

If you want to send a message to the user who invoked the Checkout/Retrieve, you can add an INCLUDE for either model APJMSEND, APJCSEND, or APJCMSGS after the INCLUDE of APJCLIBR. APJMSEND is the best choice because the method it uses to send the message can be controlled in the APJMLEAD model.