Selcopy Workshop

AUDIENCE: Application Programmers, System Analysts, Operations Analysts and Operators who require formal training in the use of CBL''s Selcopy product.
PREREQUISITES: If coming from a mainframe background, knowledge of the JCL and dataset organisation concepts of the systems used by attendees is required.
DURATION: 1 day. Hands on.
OBJECTIVES: After completing the course, delegates will be able to:
Understand what Selcopy is and its usages.
Understand the benefits of using Selcopy.
Use Selcopy as a productivity tool.
COURSE CONTENT:
Introduction to Selcopy
What is Selcopy?
What are its uses?

A Flavouring of Selcopy

Selcopy Syntax and Commands
Coding Rules
Standard Cycle
Return Codes
Files (READ and WRITE)
PRINT
DUMMY
Conditions (IF...THEN...ELSE)
Nested IFs
Multiple Conditions
Operators
Data (Character literals, Numeric literals, Hexadecimal literals)
Storage (POS, POS LEN, POS ANY, POS range)
STOPAFT
Altering data (MOD, MOVE)
Arithmetic (ADD, SUB, MULT, DIV)
Converting data
FORMAT
WORKLEN
Branching (GOTO label, GOTO GET, GOTO CANCEL, GOTO EOJ)
Subroutines (PERFORM and RETURN)
TIMES
EQU
READ INTO parts of storage
Printing parts of storage
REPORT
IMS (DL/1) (Reading segments, qualified calls, looping, PCB, updating databases)

Selcopy Examples
JCL Printout

Practical Exercises

Summary