This 2 day class teaches students the advanced techniques available to use CA-Easytrieve Plus. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Write macros for use in Easytrieve programs.
- Use Special-Name Procedures in Easytrieve programs.
- Use Easytrieve to read, write, and update VSAM files.
- Call external subroutines from Easytrieve programs.
- Create executable load modules from Easytrieve programs.
- Generate Easytrieve reports from DB2 tables.
- Generate Easytrieve reports from IMS databases.
A series of lab exercises will be used to reinforce the classroom education.
This course may be taught as part of a 5-day session in combination with the Easytrieve Plus Fundamentals course.
Audience
End-users, application programmers, business analysts, and others with a need to create reports using Easytrieve Plus.
Prerequisites
- CA-Easytrieve Plus Fundamentals, or equivalent experience.
- Previous experience in designing and coding application programs is not required, but will enhance the results of this course.
Course Agenda
Easytrieve Macros
- Defining Macros
- Using Macros
- Parameter Substitution in Macros
Using Special-Name Procedures
- Overview
- SORT Procedures
- JOB Procedures
- REPORT procedures
Processing VSAM Files
- Sequential VSAM File Processing
- Random VSAM File Processing
- Creating VSAM Files
Miscellaneous Topics
- Using Variable Length Fields
- Processing Variable Length Records
- Setting the Easytrieve Return Code
- Calling External Subroutines
- Accessing JCL PARM field data
- Compiling and Linking Easytrieve Programs
Processing DB2 Tables
- Overview
- Environment Section Requirements
- Library Section Requirements
- Automatic Loop Processing
- Controlled I/O Processing
IMS
- Overview
- Library Section Requirements
- Database Sweeps
- Tickler File Processing
- Database Path Processing
- SSA Processing
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