Rational Developer for System z

Update template wizard

Use this wizard to easily update a template with new or changed source code.

Before you begin

A connection to a z/OS® system must first be established in the Remote System Explorer view of Rational® Developer for System z®. Data sets containing changed data structures and templates created from these data sets must also be available on your host system.

About this task

This wizard allows existing templates to be recompiled to include changes to the templates data structure without interfering with other useful saved information such as record criteria or filed attributes. Refer to the following procedure to update a template.

Procedure

  1. Launch the Update template wizard from the pop-up menu by clicking File Manager then Update Template form Source after preselecting a template.
  2. The UpdateTemplate wizard opens.
    1. The fields labeled System and Template are pre populated based on the template you selected before starting the wizard. If you would like to change your template, select the Browse button and navigate to the template that you would like to update. Click Next to move to the next page.
    2. On the Copybook selection page, any copybooks that were previously used to create or update the template are listed. Use the buttons provided to rearrange the order, add, remove, or edit the existing copybooks. The copybook selections made here will be used to update the template. Select Next to continue.
    3. Select which compilation options you would prefer to compile the template with. Choose between the options used previously to compile the template, or the compilation options currently defined in the associated property group. If you choose to use the currently associated property group, you can use the options provided in the wizard to make any final alterations to the property group before compiling the template.
  3. Select Finish to update the template and exit the wizard.

Results

The template you selected will be updated to reflect the new data structures found in the copybooks that you identified in the wizard and your updated template will open in the Template Editor automatically.


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