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This manual describes how to use and install the FOCUS IMS/DB Interface. It is applicable to FOCUS Release 7.0, and it works with all IMS versions, subject to the constraint that certain features are available only in IMS version 3.1 and above; these cases are noted in the text.
With the FOCUS IMS/DB Interface installed, you can use FOCUS to analyze and report from data stored in IMS databases. The Interface provides read-only access to the IMS database management system (DBMS) under the MVS operating system; access from VM is available through the FOCUS Cross-Machine Interface.
If you also have the FOCUS DB2 Interface installed, you can access IMS databases from a DB2 MODIFY procedure. See the FOCUS for IBM Mainframe DB2 and SQL/DS Read/Write Interface Users Manual for details.
This updated manual includes corrections and FOCUS Release 7.0 features. Use it in conjunction with the FOCUS for IBM Mainframe Users Manual.
To use this manual effectively, you must be familiar with basic FOCUS reporting syntax and IMS concepts. You must also have access to IMS database information. This includes both data within the databases and descriptive information about them (such as database descriptions and field names). Check with your IMS database administrator (DBA) about file information, storage, and other site-specific considerations.
There is a fold-out glossary of standard terminology used throughout this manual on the inside back cover.
This manual includes the following chapters:
Chapter/Appendix |
Contents |
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1 |
Describes how the Interface functions and how to use it. |
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2 |
Provides an overview of IMS concepts and procedures for mapping IMS structures to FOCUS. |
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3 |
Describes requirements for FOCUS Master Files, FOCPSBs, and Access Files. |
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4 |
Discusses advanced reporting topics such as optimization of screening conditions and the JOIN command. |
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5 |
Describes the environments available with the Interface and provides sample CLISTs and JCL for invoking the Interface. |
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6 |
Describes IMS security. |
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A |
Contains sample Master Files, FOCPSBs, DBDs, and PSBs used in the examples included throughout this manual. |
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B |
Describes IMS and Interface trace facilities. |
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C |
Explains Interface environmental commands; it also describes techniques that were different in prior FOCUS Releases and are still supported. |
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D |
Contains installation instructions. |
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E |
Lists Interface messages and includes a discussion of common user errors. |
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G |
Glossary list of standard terminology. |
The following table describes the documentation conventions that are used in this manual.
Convention |
Description |
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THIS TYPEFACE or this typeface |
Denotes syntax that you must enter exactly as shown. |
this typeface
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Represents a placeholder (or variable) in syntax for a value that you or the system must supply. |
underscore
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Indicates a default setting. |
this typeface |
Represents a placeholder (or variable), a cross-reference, or an important term. It may also indicate a button, menu item, or dialog box option that you can click or select. |
Key + Key |
Indicates keys that you must press simultaneously. |
{ } |
Indicates two or three choices. Type one of them, not the braces. |
[ ] |
Indicates a group of optional parameters. None are required, but you may select one of them. Type only the parameter in the brackets, not the brackets. |
| |
Separates mutually exclusive choices in syntax. Type one of them, not the symbol. |
... |
Indicates that you can enter a parameter multiple times. Type only the parameter, not the ellipsis (...). |
. . . |
Indicates that there are (or could be) intervening or additional commands. |
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