Exercise 3.1: Creating a scratch library

You will need an associated library when you create an iSeries Project in the next exercise. The associated library is a "scratch" library on the remote iSeries system that an iSeries project maps to. It is used for pushing code changes made locally to the remote host and for performing builds on that remote host. It is expected that this library is a "personal" library and the goal is that there should not be any need for any source in it to be edited directly on the host. It is meant to be a sandbox in which a single developer can perform tasks.

To create a scratch library:

  1. In the Remote Systems view below the iSeries Project Navigator, right-click iSeries Objects and click New > Library on the workbench menu.
    creating a scratch library

    The iSeries Library page opens.

  2. In the Library field, type Projxx.
    Library name
  3. Select the Test radio button to change the type of library to Test.
  4. Type scratch library for the Text field.
  5. Click Finish.

    This will create an empty iSeries Library.
    Scratch library Projxx

You have created a personal development library (single developer sandbox) and now you are ready to begin Exercise 3.2: Creating an iSeries Project.