Finding Symbol Tables Associated with Jobs and Networks

You can list all symbol tables available for use in a job or a network, and list all symbol tables already used by a job or a network.

This document covers the following topics:


Listing Usable Symbol Tables

You can list all symbol tables that can be used by a job or a network.

Start of instruction setTo list symbol tables used by a job or network

  • Open a Job Definition (Master) (or Job Definition (active)) or a Network Modification window and choose PF7 (Symb).

    A Usable Symbol Tables window similar to the example below opens:

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     |                          Usable Symbol Tables                           |
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     |  Owner      Network    Version      Run Job                             |
     |  EXAMPLE    B60-FLOW               2766 JOB-04                          |
     |                                                                         |
     |  Cmd Type Owner      Sym.Table  Version    Network    Version      Run  |
     |   _  JA   EXAMPLE    EXA-SYMBOL SV98       B60-FLOW               2766  |
     |   _  JM   EXAMPLE    EXAM-ST1                                           |
     |   _  NV   EXAMPLE    EXA-SYMBOL SV98                                    |
     |   _  SD   SYSDBA     A                                                  |
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     |   L List                                                                |
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     |   PF1 Help  PF3 End    PF7 Up    PF8 Down                               |
     +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

    This window lists all symbol tables which can be used by the current object (network, job master, job active). The example above lists the symbol tables that can be used by the active job JOB-04. The columns are explained in Columns: Usable Symbol Tables.

The symbol tables are listed in descending hierarchical order, that is, the topmost symbol table is used first during symbol replacement.

For information on all types of symbol tables available and the search order that applies when replacing symbols, see Symbol Table Types and Symbol Search Order.

This section covers the following topics:

Columns: Usable Symbol Tables

The columns contained in the Usable Symbol Tables window are described in the following table:

Column Description
Cmd One-character line command input field.

For possible commands, see Line Commands: Usable Symbol Tables.

Type Type of the symbol table: see Symbol Table Types and Symbol Search Order.
Owner Owner of the symbol table.
Sym.Table Name of the symbol table.
Version Version of the symbol table.
Network For active job networks only.

Active network which uses the symbol table.

Version For active job networks only

Version of the active network which uses the symbol table.

Run For active job networks only.

Run number of the active job network.

Line Commands: Usable Symbol Tables

Use the following line command to perform the described function on any symbol table listed in the Usable Symbol Tables window:

Line Command Description
L List symbols in the selected master or active symbol table.

Symbols from tables listed there can be modified only by an administrator, or a user when the symbol table owner is linked to a user whose profile setting for symbol tables is at least W (read and write allowed). See also the Symbol Tables option described in the section Network Maintenance Functions in the Administration documentation.

If several symbol table versions exist, the symbol table version selection window opens first. Select a symbol table version.

Listing Jobs and Networks that Use a Symbol Table Master

You can list all jobs and networks that use a symbol table master. This is required, for example, if you cannot delete a symbol table because it still uses one or more jobs. You then need to find these jobs and change their symbol table settings or delete the jobs.

Note:
This function only shows the references of a network or job to a master symbol table if it has been explicitly defined. You can use the cross-reference function Symbol Table Usage (see Generating Cross-Reference Reports Online) to get a list of all references to a master symbol table including the references contained in input conditions and End-of-Job actions.

Start of instruction set To list all jobs specified for a symbol table master

  • Type W in the line command input field of the selected symbol table in the Master Symbol Tables window. Press ENTER.

    A Symbol Table Usage window similar to the example below opens:

     03.05.16                ***** Entire Operations *****                11:48:00 
     Owner +-------------------------------------------------------------------+   
     --- + |                                                                   | --
         | |                      Symbol Table Usage                           |   
         | |                                                                   |   
         | |  Owner EXAMPLE    Symbol Table EXAM-ST1   Version (all)_____      |   
       1 | |                                                                   |   
       2 | |  Network    Version      Run Job        Type  SymTab Version      |   
       3 | |  B60-FLOW                    ABC3A      JM                        |   
       4 | |  B60-FLOW                    HEB-J      JM                        |   
       5 | |  B60-FLOW                    JOB-01     JM                        |   
       6 | |  B60-FLOW                    JOB-012    JM                        |   
       7 | |  B60-FLOW                    JOB-013    JM                        |   
       8 | |  B60-FLOW                    JOB-014    JM                        |   
       9 | |  B60-FLOW                    JOB-019    JM                        |   
      10 | |  B60-FLOW                    JOB-02     JM                        |   
      11 | |                                                                   |   
         | |  PF3 End   PF8 Down                                               |   
         | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+   
         |        U Version Usage   W Where used                            |      
     Com |  Enter-PF1--PF2--PF3-----PF5-----PF7--PF8-----PF12-              |      
         |        Help Add  End     Save    Up   Down    Menu               |      
         +------------------------------------------------------------------+      
                                                                                  
                                                                                   
    Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
          Help        End                                             Owner Mail

    The columns in the window are explained in Fields and Columns: Symbol Table Usage.

This section covers the following topics:

Fields and Columns: Symbol Table Usage

The fields and columns contained in the Symbol Table Usage window are explained in the following table:

Field/Column Description
Owner

(field)

Owner of the selected symbol table.
Symbol Table

(field)

Name of the selected symbol table.
Version

(field)

Version of the displayed symbol table.

You can reduce the result list by entering a user-defined version or a reserved version name. (all) is the default entry for all versions defined for the selected symbol table. For possible input values, see Reserved Version Names for Symbol Tables.

Network  Name and version of the job network.
Job  Name of the job that uses the symbol table.

A dash (-) or a blank indicates that the symbol table is specified in the network definition.

Type Indicates whether a job master or job active, or a network master/version or network active uses the symbol table.

For possible column entries, see the Symbol Table Type table column described in Symbol Table Types and Symbol Search Order.

Run  If the symbol table is used by an active job, this field displays the job's run number.
SymTab Version Named version (if defined) or reserved name of the symbol table.

For possible column entries, see Reserved Version Names for Symbol Tables.