Creating a Rational Team Concert for System z data set definition

This topic describes how to create a new Rational Team Concert™ for System z® data set definition.

Before you begin this task, you must create a Rational Team Concert for System z project area.

Restriction: Before you can create, modify, or delete a data set definition, you must have permission to make these modifications. Permissions can be managed from the Project Configuration node on the Process Configuration tab in the Project Area editor.
You can create a new data set definition one of two ways: from the Data Set Definitions node in the Rational Team Concert for System z Team Artifacts navigator, or by selecting File > New > Other > Data Set Definition.

The following steps describe how to create a new data set definition from the Data Set Definitions node in the Rational Team Concert for System z Team Artifacts navigator.

  1. After you log in to Rational Team Concert for System z, open the Team Artifacts view.
  2. Expand your team project node.
  3. Right-click the Data Set Definitions node and select New Data Set Definition. The Data Set Definition editor opens.
  4. In the Name field, give your data set definition a name.
  5. In the Description field, briefly describe your new data set definition.
  6. In the Usage field, select the option that describes how you want your data set definition to be used. If you select Existing data set used for build, the Data Set Characteristics section is disabled, and the Member field is enabled.
  7. In the Data Set Characteristics field, specify data set definition characteristics.
    Note: If you select Existing data set used for build in the Usage field, the Data Set Characteristics section is disabled.
  8. In the Data Set Name field, list the name of the z/OS® data set described by this definition. For information about valid data set names, see z/OS data set naming rules in Rational Team Concert for System z.
    Note: If the box next to Add data set prefix from build definition to data set name is selected, the prefix that you specified in the build definition will be added to the data set name.
  9. Click Save.
You can also duplicate any data set definition. To do this, perform the following steps:
  1. Open the Team Artifacts view.
  2. Expand the Data Set Definitions node.
  3. Right-click on the data set definition you want to duplicate.
  4. Select Duplicate. The Duplicate data set definition window opens.
  5. In the Name field, give your duplicate data set definition a name.
  6. Click OK to duplicate the data set definition or Cancel to stop.
  7. Your new duplicate data set definition should be displayed under the Data Set Definitions node. If it does not, refresh the view.

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