Rational Developer for System z

Editing a property group

You can change the property categories or values defined for a property group.
Editing a property group enables you to select new or different property categories for the group or to change specific property values for the group. This action is a good way to propagate property changes across multiple projects, subprojects, or data sets because it enables you to make a property change in one place and have it take effect for all resources associated with the property group.

To edit a property group, do these steps:

  1. To open the Property Group Editor:
    1. From the Property Group Manager view, double-click a property group name or select a property group to edit and then select Edit from the pop-up menu.
    2. From the Remote Systems view or the z/OS® Projects view select one of the following resources and then select Property Group > Edit Associated Property Group from the pop-up menu:
      • The MVS™ Files node
      • An MVS subproject
      • A data set or data set member
      • A local COBOL or PL/I project, directory, or file
      This menu item is available only if a property group has been associated with the selected resource.
    The Property Group Editor opens.
  2. Optional: Edit the name and description for the property group.
  3. Click the Categories tab and select the check boxes beside the categories for which you want to enter values for this property group. You can choose from the following categories:
    • Assembler Settings
    • COBOL Settings
    • C/C++ Settings
    • PL/I Settings
    • BMS Settings
    • MFS Settings
    • JCL Job Card and Data Set
    • Link Options
    • Runtime Options
    • File Manager Settings
    The selections you make on this page determine the property tabs that appear in the editor. As you select or clear check boxes, the corresponding tabs are added or removed from the editor.
  4. Select each property category tab to open the property page for that category.
  5. On each property category page, specify property values to be included in the property group.
    • For fields that take partitioned data sets as their value, you can drag a partitioned data set name from the Remote Systems view, z/OS Projects view, or Remote z/OS Search results view and drop it in the field. To change the order of partitioned data set names in a field, place the cursor in the field and click Change Order from the pop-up menu. The property group editor checks that the value in a data set field is valid:
      • The system for the data set is compared to the system for the property group. If the system for the data set is different, an error message is displayed.
      • The property group editor verifies that the value is an MVS data set rather than a partitioned data set member, z/OS UNIX System Services file, or local file.
      • If multiple data sets are dropped in a field that accepts only one data set, an error message is displayed.
      Click the Check Data Sets button to check that data sets specified in the step options field exist on the remote system.
      Note: If a data set name contains the <HLQ> variable substitution, Check Data Sets cannot validate the data set name.
    • For help with each property page, press F1 or click the help icon.
  6. When you close the Property Group Editor, Rational® Developer for System z® prompts you to save your changes.

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