Running the Install System
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• CANCEL or F12 saves any changes and returns to the previous panel.
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Enter accepts the defaults or changes and continues to the next panel.
Note: The F4 key is assigned to the percentage complete function only if
you have installed using version 1.5.30 or later of the Install System
and you are using a new profile ID.
The following function keys are available to help you move through the
Install System Help panels:
•
F3 exits the Help panel and returns to the current dialog panel.
•
F10 or F12 returns to the previous page of a multiple-page help panel.
•
Enter or F11 continues to the next page of a multiple-page help panel.
Data Set Names
The Install System uses ISPF conventions when processing data set names.
When you specify a data set name, the Install System determines whether the
TSO/E PROFILE NOPREFIX option is in use. If it is in use, the Install
System does not append a prefix to the data set name. The maximum length
for data set names is 44 characters, including the prefix if one is used.
Symbolic Variables
The Install System frequently uses symbolic variables in data set names, data
set prefixes, and job-statement information. A symbolic variable is a variable
name with an ampersand (&) prefix. In the Install System, most occurrences
of symbolic variables are related to keyword values that you specify in the
product options.
While assembling product options, macro processing attempts to resolve all
symbolic variables in the listing. Most of the symbolic variables are resolved
when JCL is generated from one of the BMC Software products, not during
assembly of the default options (DOPTs) module. To prevent errors during
DOPTs-module assembly, the Install System doubles the ampersand for all
symbolic variables.
The double-character rule also applies to
• single quotation marks within literal values if the literal is enclosed with
delimiting single quotation marks
• a period if it immediately follows a variable name
