Date Last Reviewed:
03/15/2007
When you log onto Superwylbur you may want to set up your session with certain default conditions. You can do this by typing commands to do such things as setting a volume number and bin number, showing whether you have any jobs in the system, and defining your own Superwylbur commands. This can be time consuming and tedious as well as prone to error. An easier way to have these conditions set every time you log on is to have a PROFILE.
A PROFILE is simply a special data set that Superwylbur looks for whenever you log on. If a PROFILE exists, Superwylbur executes all the commands it finds listed there. This "sets you up" without the pain of all that typing.
The most common commands to have in a PROFILE are SHOW and SET commands which display current conditions and set new conditions, respectively. For example, if you wanted the following commands executed whenever you log on
SET VOL ACA301 CAT
SET BIN 12
SHOW JOBSyou would simply enter them as though they were text, in a new data set. After you have collected this data set you have to save it in a special partitioned data set named WYLIB. If you already have a WYLIB data set, you can just save this new one as a member called PROFILE. (Both WYLIB and PROFILE are special names; you must use them.)
If you do not already have a WYLIB, you will need to create one. First, find out what your WYLVOL (the disk on which to save the WYLIB) is set to. If you don't know, you can call 753-5897 and ask about the WYLVOL for your MVS AccountID. For academic researchers it will either be ACA301 or ACA302.
Then issue the following command to save the PROFILE as a member of the WYLIB data set:
SAVE INTO WYLIB:PROFILE ON ACA301 SPACE=(TRK,(1,1,1)) CAT
The commands saved in the PROFILE do not go into effect when the PROFILE is saved. To "activate" the PROFILE for the current session, you must issue the command
CALL FR WYLIB:PROFILE
Whether or not you issue this CALL command, the next time you log on to Superwylbur the commands in your PROFILE will be executed.
Regardless of the other commands in your PROFILE, ITS recommends that you include the following three:
CALL FR &PUBLIC.MACROS:CMDS
CALL FR &PUBLIC.ABR.MACROS:CMDS
CALL FR &PUBLIC.MAC1:CMDSThese three CALL commands enable you to use a variety of shortened and specialized commands. For example, the first one activates a large group of SET COMMAND commands that allow you to use abbreviated forms of common Superwylbur commands (such as UF for USE FROM). The second CALL gives you access to the macros used in the archive and backup system (see "MVS Archives and Backups"). The third allows you to use macros written to perform a number of common tasks such as copying or compressing partitioned data sets, producing mailing labels, and interpreting abend codes.
A final note: the WYLIB differs from other data sets in that it will not be archived automatically if you have not used your account for 30 days or more.
For more information on the PROFILE, see " Partitioned Data Sets."
If you have questions, contact the ITS Helpdesk.