Creating a name transform rule set
When a new CICS® region is created, by using the CICS DA clone function, the new region must have unique z/OS® system variable names. The system variables include the application identifier (APPLID) and the system identifier (SYSID). You can create name transform rules, which CICS DA can then apply when the clone function is used to create a single CICS region.
About this task
A name transform rule is a mapping of one text string to another (typically with one or both containing wildcards) that can be applied to a name of a specific type of z/OS artifact. You can create a name transform rule set, which is a group of name transform rules. The list of rules, within a transform rule set are applied in order, to each name to be transformed. Each rule is associated with a Type of artifact that it applies to. When the rule is applied and a matching name is found that generates a different new name, any remaining rules are ignored and the new name is used.
You can create, modify, and delete name transform rules and name transform rule sets. The name transform rules and name transform rule sets are stored in the CICS DA model. Any changes must be uploaded to the CICS DA server. Depending on the type of CICS region that you want to clone, you can create a different set of rules. For example, you might want to create a set of rules to be used when you create a clone of a development CICS region that you then want to use as a test CICS region.
- CICS and CICSPlex® SM (CPSM) data sets.
- PROC members, apart from the PROC member that is specified in a start command.
- INCLUDE members.
- SYSIN data sets and specified data set members.
- EYUPARM data sets and specified data set members.
- "+" is used to match a single character.
- "*" is used to match multiple characters.