You can import IMS™ resources
such as program specification block (PSB) and database description
(DBD) files into your IMS Explorer project
from z/OS® by using the Import IMS Resources wizard.
Procedure
To import IMS resources:
- From the main menu bar, click . (You
can also import IMS resources
by right-clicking an existing project in the Project Explorer view,
and clicking .)
- In the Project name field,
select the name of an IMS Explorer project
and click Next.
- In the Import IMS Resources
wizard, select z/OS system.
- Specify whether you want
the import wizard to automatically search for DBDs that are referenced
by the DBDs or PSBs that you will select to import on the next page
of the wizard. If you selected the check box, click Add to
select the data sets on z/OS that
will be searched for referenced DBDs. Click Next.
- Select the PSB and DBD files that you
want to import.
- To import PSB files, click Add PSB.
- Select the PDS file, and then click Open to
select the files to import.
Tip: To
select multiple files, press Shift and click the first and last files
in the list that you want to select. To select multiple files that
are not grouped, press Ctrl and click the files in the list.
If the PSB file is valid and you selected
the check box to search for referenced DBDs, IMS Explorer first
searches for any DBD files that are referenced by the PSB within the
data set that the PSB was selected from and then searches the data
sets that you specified on the previous page in order, and selects
them to be imported into the project.
Restriction: IMS Explorer only
automatically finds files if the file name matches the DBD name.
The missing DBDs are listed in the
DBDs to import for selected PSBs or DBDs table
for one of the following reasons:
- You did not select the automatic search for referenced DBDs.
- The imported PSB or DBD file references DBDs that are not within
the data set that the PSB was selected from or in the search data
sets that you specified on the previous page.
Click
Add DBD to
add the missing DBD files.
- To import DBD files into the project,
click Add DBD.
- Click Finish.
Results
An IMS program
definition model is generated for each PSB that is successfully imported
and saved in the PSB folder, with the PSB name and the .psb extension. Similarly,
for each DBD file that is successfully imported into an
IMS Explorer project,
an IMS database definition model
is generated and saved in the DBD folder, with the DBD name and the
.dbd extension.