Techno - Mainframe PDS dump
The Mainframe PDS dump option is designed for target Mainframe source code (Cobol, JCL etc.) that is the result of a PDS (Partitioned Data Set) dump.
A PDS is a type of "library" containing elements known as "members" exported from a z/OS system (eg. Cobol programs, copybooks, JCL etc.) Each member in the PDS is preceded by a banner containing the member's name (among other information) and is concatenated with other elements in text format. The CAST Delivery Manager Tool package for PDS dumps only supports one type of members and one banner prefix per file. If there are several types of members they must be delivered through multiple dump files and if several banner prefixes are used for the same type of members, then the source code delivery must be done through multiple dump files.
The CAST Delivery Manager Tool enables you to specify one or more PDS dumps - each dump that is specified will be extracted: one file (that the CAST Mainframe Analyzer can exploit via the CAST Management Studio) will be created per element in the PDS dump file and packaged ready for analysis.
Note:
- the PDS dump file does not need to be available during the analysis process in the CAST Management Studio because the CAST Delivery Manager Tool will extract the source code and package it before deployment to a specific location (defined in the CAST Management Studio).
- if you already have Mainframe files on disk (.cob, .jcl etc.), you can use the Folders option to select your files.
| Selected Mainframe librariy files (PDS dump) description | This section lists all the PDS dump files that have been selected for extraction:
Double clicking a PDS dump in the table will display its configuration settings explained below. |
PDS dump definition dialog box
| Library file path (PDS dump) | Allows you to select the absolute location of your PDS dump file. Use the browse button to select the PDS dump file on disk. |
| Library content | This option enables you to choose the content of the PDS dump file that will be extracted an packaged - i.e selecting CObol Program will extract only files that are Cobol Programs. Filters are based on file extensions and are those that are accepted by the Mainframe Analyzer (see the CAST Management Studio help for more information about this). |
| Banner prefix | Indicates the left hand part of the banner in the PDS dump excluding the member name. This determines the start of each member - this is used by the CAST Delivery Manager Tool to identify each member. |
| Left margin | Indicates the line column(s) in which system characters are present. This column (or columns) are ignored during the extraction and packaging process and are not transferred to file. |
| Line max size | For each member line that will be extracted, this value indicates the line max size that will be retained during the extraction to file. Any characters that are located in the line beyond the line max size will be ignored during the extraction and packaging process and are not transferred to file. |
