How to find if segment is read in any program.

Priyanka AR · New User Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 4 Location: India

Hi,
I have one child segment in IMS DB and i need to find if it is read in any of the program or not.
I tried searching one-by-one in few programs but this child segment is not mentioned instead its parent segment is read.

Is there any other way than manually checking one by one in all programs to confirm if child segment is read or not ?

Thanks,
Priyanka

Nic Clouston

Why do it manually? Why not use the search utility - 3.14 on my system.

Priyanka AR · New User Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 4 Location: India

Thanks Nic. Somehow i got few programs which are reading this child segment.

Rohit Umarjikar · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:43 pm Post subject:

Priyanka AR · New User Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 4 Location: India

I did srchfor with segment name. And then started checking program by program(as few programs were only mentioned segment name in comment and not actually reading it) and got 1-2 programs reading that segment.

Rohit Umarjikar · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 9:13 pm Post subject:

You said "Somehow" so I wondered how did you get it if not 3.14 (SRCHFOR). Thanks.

Priyanka AR · New User Joined: 19 Sep 2018 Posts: 4 Location: India

ohh "somehow" was for i got within first few programs(luckily). 3.14 options i already used, i wanted to know is there anything else.

Nic Clouston

Your version/change control software (endevor/changeman/whatever) should also be able to find all occurrences.

enrico-sorichetti

all depends ..
only if the segment layout is a standalone copybook/source

but the same result can be obtained - with the same assumption - under plain good ole ISPF by invoking the member parts list,
which can produce a formatted printout or a raw dataset that can be processed by a user program ( rexx would be a good candidate )

yogi.47eie · New User Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 31 Location: india

Attempt at hi-jacking deleted.

Nic Clouston

Go start your own thread. Do not hijack that of other people.

yogi.47eie · New User Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 31 Location: india

It is matter of avoiding duplicate threads .. If i start a new thread people will ask not to post duplicate questions.

Nic Clouston

If yours would have been a duplicate why post it? Why not simply try the suggestions posted here?