IEB REXX procedure (Batch Edit)

The REXX Procedure run by Batch Edit calls IEB functions to process the database with or without a view.

Using a view, you have limited control over how FM/IMS can navigate the IMS database. By specifying Selection Criteria in the view, FM/IMS only returns the IMS segments that match the selection criteria specified.

The IEB calls available when using a view are:

DELIMS: Delete the current IMS segment.
GETIMS: Retrieve IMS segments using the view specified.
ISRTIMS: Insert a segment under the current IMS segment.
PRINT: Print an IMS segment in CHAR, HEX, SNGL, or TABL format.
REPLIMS: Replace the current IMS segments data.
SETRC: Set the IEB job step return code.
VIEWIMS: Create and load a view to be used by the REXX procedure to retrieve IMS segments.
VIEWPOSN: Position on an IMS segment prior to invoking the GETIMS call. This allows you to start processing the IMS database from a point within the database.

When not using a view, you can navigate the IMS database using the GETIMS call. This mode is similar to issuing IMS calls within a program. You can:

Retrieve segments based on the segments key values.
Retrieve a segment's children.
Position on a segment's parent or its root segment.
Insert or update an IMS segment using criteria specified by means of the WHERE clause.

The IEB calls available when not using a view are:

DELIMS

Delete the current IMS segment or the IMS segment specified by the WHERE clause.

GETIMS

Retrieve IMS segments.

ISRTIMS

Insert a segment either under the current IMS segment, or under the IMS segment specified on the WHERE clause.

PRINT

Print an IMS segment in CHAR, HEX, SNGL, or TABL format.

REPLIMS

Replace the current IMS segment or the IMS segment specified on the WHERE clause.

SAVEIMS

Save the IMS data. Issuing this call causes you to loose the position in the IMS database. GETIMS calls are required to re-establish the position in the database.

SETRC

Set the IEB job step return code.

VIEWIMS

Create and load a view to be used by the REXX procedure. When not processing the database using a view, FM/IMS uses the IMS segment layouts and fields in the view to:

Print in SNGL or TABL format.
Generate an IMS SSA when retrieving an IMS segment and the WHERE clause specifies fields from the view.