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Permanent Data Sets

During the LOAD process, any data set that is used as input to the job is considered a requirement for that job. This means that a new version of the data set must be created before that CA WA CA 7 Edition can submit the job. Some data sets, however, are not created by a CA WA CA 7 Edition submitted job. The user may want these data sets to be considered as permanent to CA WA CA 7 Edition.

The LOAD process automatically adds data sets to the database and marks them permanent when all of the following conditions are true:

• Data set name does not already exist in the database.
• Data set is normal data set (that is, not temporary, SYSIN, or SYSOUT).
• Data set is accessed using a reserved ddname:
  • STEPLIB
  • SORTLIB
  • JOBLIB
  • STEPCAT
  • JOBCAT
  • SYSUDUMP
  • SYSABEND
  • SYSMDUMP
  • SYSCHK
  • SYSCKEOV

  The reserved ddnames reside in the SASSPMDD table. Names can be added or deleted as necessary to satisfy the needs of the user. For more information about modifying this table, see the topic Reserved DDNAME Table in the chapter "User Exits and Modifications" of the Systems Programming Guide.

The TYPE field on the DB.6 panel must be set to PERM for permanent data sets to CA WA CA 7 Edition. This action must be done manually in those cases where the LOAD process could not determine that the data set was permanent. When the data set is defined as permanent, it is not considered to be a requirement for any job that uses it as input.