Utilities › Append Records to a Test Stream

Append Records to a Test Stream

Follow these steps:

1. Type A on the Utilities or Test Stream Selection menu.

   CA Verify for VTAM displays the Append menu.

    CCC.ORDERAPP.002 -----------------  APPEND  ---------------------------13:52:59
    ENTER COMMAND ===>                                                           UA
                                                                                   
    APPEND FROM TEST STREAM:                                                       
      DDNAME      ===> TCADS                                                       
      APPLICATION ===> CCC              (LEAVE APPLICATION, MEMBER,                
      MEMBER      ===> ORDERAPP          OR VERSION BLANK AND PRESS                
      VERSION     ===> 002               ENTER FOR A SELECTION LIST)               
                                                                                   
    OPTIONS:                                                                       
     INCLUDE RULESET    ===> Y          (Y/N)                                      
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
                                                                                  
    F1-HELP        F3-END        F4-RETURN                                        
   

   The Append utility copies the test stream you identify on this menu onto the end of the test stream you identified on the Utilities or Test Stream Selection menu.

   Lengthening the test stream may be useful for stress testing. You can also append a test stream to itself for repetition testing. Make sure, however, that the appended records make sense in the context of the records which they follow.

   The following rules apply to the Append utility:

   • Rules will be included in the output ruleset if the Include Ruleset option is Y.
   • When a single terminal test stream is appended to a single terminal test stream, the output is a single terminal test stream.
   • If either of the test streams is a multiple terminal test stream, the output is a multiple terminal test stream. Terminals will be added to the test stream for the terminals in the second test stream which are not in the first.

   APPEND FROM TEST STREAM

   The name of the test stream which is the source of the appended records.

   If you leave the Application, Member, or Version fields blank, CA Verify for VTAM displays the Test Stream Selection menu. Type S to the left of the test stream you want to select and press Enter.

   INCLUDE RULESET

   Leave Y as the default to copy rules whenthe test stream is appended; type N to exclude them.

   The appended fields will be referenced in the next Run, Browse, Edit, or Print function.

2. Press Enter when you have completed the specifications. CA Verify for VTAM either performs the append or displays the Append Confirmation menu. If CA Verify for VTAM performs the append, it redisplays the Utilities or Test Stream Selection menu, along with a message.