E540 VSAM for PL/I Programmers

Course Code: E-540
Recommended Duration: 2 Days

Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to define, load, print, and delete VSAM data sets, and to process VSAM data sets from PL/I programs.

Audience

PL/I programmers who need to work with VSAM data sets, both from an AMS (Access Method Services) perspective, and from PL/I programs.

Prerequisites

The student should be able to code a PL/I program and be able to code JCL to run simple batch jobs.

Related IBM Materials

DFSMS Access Method Services for Catalogs
PL/I Language Reference for the compiler used
PL/I Programming Guide for the compiler used

Major Topics Include

Exercises

There are six hands-on exercises (two of which are optional).

Special Note

This course includes most of the material from course G-510 (VSAM With Access Method Services).
This course supports PL/I for MVS & VM, Visual Age PL/I for OS/390, and Enterprise PL/I for z/OS.

Course Description