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Call (Imagine function)

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 <tr><th><var>recordMap</var></th>
 <td>A <var>Boolean</var> value that indicates whether a map of (thread-specific) <var class="product">Model 204</var> record numbers to <var class="product">Imagine</var> file and recordId should be sent to <var class="product">Imagine</var>. This can be useful if one is passing <var class="product">Model 204</var> record numbers to the <var class="product">Imagine</var> application. The default value of this argument is <var>false</var>.</td></tr>
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 In <var class="product">Imagine</var>, a transaction includes both retrieval requests and updating requests.
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-Because <var class="product">Imagine Transparency</var> files and transactions are automatically kept in synch with the corresponding files in <var class="product">Model 204</var> any updates in the <var class="product">Model 204</var> transaction are visible in the <var class="product">Imagine</var> transaction and vice versa==Examples==
+Because <var class="product">Imagine Transparency</var> files and transactions are automatically kept in synch with the corresponding files in <var class="product">Model 204</var> any updates in the <var class="product">Model 204</var> transaction are visible in the <var class="product">Imagine</var> transaction and vice versa.
 ==See also==
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<table class="list"><tr>
<td valign="top"><ul style="margin-top:0px;">
<li>[[Imagine class]]
</ul></td>
<td valign="top"><ul style="margin-top:0px;">
<li>[[List of Imagine methods]]
</ul></td>
<td valign="top"><ul style="margin-top:0px;">
<li>[[Imagine methods syntax]]
</ul></td>
</tr><tr>
<td valign="top" colspan="0"><ul style="margin-top:0px;">
<li>[[Notation conventions for methods]]
</ul></td>
</tr>
</table>

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Return the DBS name ([[Imagine class]])
[Introduced in <var class="product">Model 204</var> 8.0 βeta]
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[[Category:Imagine methods|DbsName function]]
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Return the broker version number ([[Imagine class]])
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[[Category:Imagine methods|BrokerVersion function]]
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Return the APSY suffix character ([[Imagine class]])
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[[Category:Imagine methods|ApsySuffix function]]
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[%string =] %(Imagine):DbsName

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	<p class="syntax"><span class="squareb">[</span><span class="term">%string</span><span class="literal"> =</span><span class="squareb">]</span> <span class="literal">%(Imagine):Call</span><span class="literal">(</span> <span class="term" title="String">name</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="String">payload=</span> <span class="term" title="String">string</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">globals=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -		<p class="syntax"><span class="squareb">[</span><span class="term">%string</span><span class="literal"> =</span><span class="squareb">]</span> <span class="literal">%(Imagine):Call</span><span class="literal">(</span> <span class="term" title="String">name</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="String">payload=</span> <span class="term" title="String">string</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">globals=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
	<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">globalImages=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">recordMap=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="literal">)</span>		<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">globalImages=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">recordMap=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
			<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="StringListList">stringLists=</span> <span class="term" title="StringListList">stringListList</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
			<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="DollarListList">dollarLists=</span> <span class="term" title="DollarListList">dollarListList</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
			<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="String">apsySuffix=</span> <span class="term" title="String">string</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="literal">)</span>

	Throws [[BrokerLost class\|BrokerLost]]</p>		Throws [[BrokerLost class\|BrokerLost]], [[BrokerCallError class\|BrokerCallError]]</p>

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[%number =] %(Imagine):BrokerVersion

Throws [[BrokerLost class|BrokerLost]]

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List of Imagine methods

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	<tr><th>Method</th><th>Description</th></tr>		<tr><th>Method</th><th>Description</th></tr>
	<tr><td valign="top">[[ApsySuffix (Imagine ~~property~~)\|ApsySuffix]]</td><td valign="top">Return the APSY suffix character ~~for~~ the ~~current connection~~</td></tr>		<tr><td valign="top">[[ApsySuffix (Imagine function)\|ApsySuffix]]</td><td valign="top">Return the APSY suffix character</td></tr>
			<tr><td valign="top">[[BrokerVersion (Imagine function)\|BrokerVersion]]</td><td valign="top">Return the broker version number</td></tr>
	<tr><td valign="top">[[Call (Imagine function)\|Call]]</td><td valign="top">Run Imagine code on the Transparency Broker</td></tr>		<tr><td valign="top">[[Call (Imagine function)\|Call]]</td><td valign="top">Run Imagine code on the Transparency Broker</td></tr>
	<tr><td valign="top">[[DbsName (Imagine ~~property~~)\|DbsName]]</td><td valign="top">Return the DBS name ~~for the current connection~~</td></tr>		<tr><td valign="top">[[DbsName (Imagine function)\|DbsName]]</td><td valign="top">Return the DBS name</td></tr>
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	</div>		</div>

Imagine methods syntax

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	<p class="syntax" style="margin-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid; border-left:1px solid; border-right:1px solid; border-top:1px solid;"><span class="squareb">[</span><span class="term">%string</span><span class="literal"> =</span><span class="squareb">]</span> <span class="literal">%(Imagine):[[~~Call~~ (Imagine function)\|~~Call~~]]</span>~~<span class="literal">(~~</~~span~~> <~~span~~ class="~~term~~" ~~title~~="~~String">name</span><span class="comma~~"~~>,</span~~> <span class="squareb">[~~</span><span class="literal" title="String">payload=~~</span> <span class="term~~" title="String">string</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb~~">[</span><span class="literal" ~~title="Boolean">globals=</span~~> ~~<span class="term" title~~=~~"Boolean">boolean~~</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="~~comma">,</span> -~~		<p class="syntax" style="margin-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid; border-left:1px solid; border-right:1px solid; border-top:1px solid;"><span class="squareb">[</span><span class="term">%string</span><span class="literal"> =</span><span class="squareb">]</span> <span class="literal">%(Imagine):[[ApsySuffix (Imagine function)\|ApsySuffix]]</span></p>
	~~<span class="squareb~~">[~~</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">globalImages=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">~~]~~</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">recordMap=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">~~]~~</span><span class="literal">)~~</span>		<p class="syntax" style="margin-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid; border-left:1px solid; border-right:1px solid; border-top: none; margin-top:0px;"><span class="squareb">[</span><span class="term">%number</span><span class="literal"> =</span><span class="squareb">]</span> <span class="literal">%(Imagine):[[BrokerVersion (Imagine function)\|BrokerVersion]]</span>

	Throws [[BrokerLost class\|BrokerLost]]</p>		Throws [[BrokerLost class\|BrokerLost]]</p>
			<p class="syntax" style="margin-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid; border-left:1px solid; border-right:1px solid; border-top: none; margin-top:0px;"><span class="squareb">[</span><span class="term">%string</span><span class="literal"> =</span><span class="squareb">]</span> <span class="literal">%(Imagine):[[Call (Imagine function)\|Call]]</span><span class="literal">(</span> <span class="term" title="String">name</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="String">payload=</span> <span class="term" title="String">string</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">globals=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
			<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">globalImages=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> <span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="Boolean">recordMap=</span> <span class="term" title="Boolean">boolean</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
			<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="StringListList">stringLists=</span> <span class="term" title="StringListList">stringListList</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
			<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="DollarListList">dollarLists=</span> <span class="term" title="DollarListList">dollarListList</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="comma">,</span> -
			<span class="squareb">[</span><span class="literal" title="String">apsySuffix=</span> <span class="term" title="String">string</span><span class="squareb">]</span><span class="literal">)</span>

			Throws [[BrokerLost class\|BrokerLost]], [[BrokerCallError class\|BrokerCallError]]</p>
			<p class="syntax" style="margin-bottom:0px; border-bottom:1px solid; border-left:1px solid; border-right:1px solid; border-top: none; margin-top:0px;"><span class="squareb">[</span><span class="term">%string</span><span class="literal"> =</span><span class="squareb">]</span> <span class="literal">%(Imagine):[[DbsName (Imagine function)\|DbsName]]</span></p>

DISPLAY DSNAMES command

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	<li><var>DISPLAY DSNAMES</var> is available as of version 8.0 of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.		<li><var>DISPLAY DSNAMES</var> is available as of version 8.0 of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
	<li>The following is an example ~~the~~ the listing produced by <var>DISPLAY DSNAMES</var>.		<li><var>DISPLAY DSNAMES</var> is not supported under VSE or CMS.
			<li>The following is an example of the listing produced by <var>DISPLAY DSNAMES</var>.
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Release notes for Model 204 version 8.0

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New and changed commands

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			<var>[[DISPLAY DSNAMES command]]</var>

	==New and changed parameters==		==New and changed parameters==

DISPLAY DSNAMES

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==Summary==
<dl>
<dt>Privileges
<dd>System manager
<dt>Function
<dd>Displays DSNAME, VOLSER, DSORG, RECFM, BLKSIZE, LRECL for each DDNAME selected.
</dl>

==Syntax==
DISPLAY DSNAMES [pattern] or
D DSN [pattern]


Where
<var class="term">pattern</var> is a simple pattern that limits the number of DDNAMES displayed. A simple pattern is
a character string with no wildcard or special characters. Any DDNAME whose first characters match the pattern is displayed.

==Usage notes==
<ul>
<li><var>DISPLAY DSNAMES</var> is available as of version 8.0 of <var class="product">Model 204</var>.
<li>The following is an example the the listing produced by <var>DISPLAY DSNAMES</var>.
</ul>

==Example 1==
<code>DISPLAY DSNAMES CCA</code> displays only those DDNAMES starting with <code>CCA</code>:
JOBNAME=PSDAM80T, STEPNAME=V800TEST

DDNAME DSNAME VOLSER DSORG RECFM BLKSIZE LRECL
CCAJRNL PSDAMON.V800.CCAJRNL.M204 M2P102 PS U 6749 6749
CCAPRINT PSDAMON.PSDAM80T.J0171916.D0000103.? PS VBA ? 137
CCAAUDIT PSDAMON.PSDAM80T.J0171916.D0000104.? PS VBA ? 137
CCASNAP PSDAMON.PSDAM80T.J0171916.D0000105.? ? ? ? ?
CCASYS PSDAMON.CCASYS.M204 M2P103 PS U 6184 6184
CCAGRP PSDAMON.CCAGRP.M204 M2P102 PS U 6184 6184
CCASTAT PSDAMON.CCASTAT.M204 M2P103 PS U 13030 13030
CCAIN PSDAMON.PSDAM80T.J0171916.D0000102.? ? FB 80 80
PSDAM80T>

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DISPLAY MODMAP command

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DISPLAY DSNAMES

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DEFINE STREAM command

RPuszewski — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:29:00 GMT

Syntax

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	<tr><th><var>CONTROL</var></th>		<tr><th><var>CONTROL</var></th>
	<td>Specifies the name of a data set that contains control information for the <var>RING</var> stream or <var>GDG</var> data set. The <var>CONTROL</var> data set is required only for CCAJRNL <var>RING</var> streams and <var>GDG</var> data sets. <code>SPACE=CYL,(1,1)</code> is sufficient. You do not need to specify any DCB attributes, <var class="product">Model 204</var> sets those to:		<td>Specifies the name of a data set that contains control information for the <var>RING</var> stream or <var>GDG</var> data set. The <var>CONTROL</var> data set is required only for CCAJRNL <var>RING</var> streams and <var>GDG</var> data sets. <code>SPACE=CYL,(1,1)</code> is sufficient. You do not need to specify any DCB attributes, <var class="product">Model 204</var> sets those to:
	<p class="code">RECFM=U,LRECL=24,BLKSIZE=24		<p class="code">For RING streams: RECFM=U,LRECL=24,BLKSIZE=24 </p>
	</p>		<p class="code">For GDG streams: RECFM=U,LRECL=76,BLKSIZE=76 </p>
	<p>The <var>CONTROL</var> data set keeps track of each offload that has occurred and what the current ring member or GDG stream is. It is an output data set during the original run. If recovery is subsequently required, it is an input data set that tells recovery:</p>		<p>The <var>CONTROL</var> data set keeps track of each offload that has occurred and what the current ring member or GDG stream is. It is an output data set during the original run. If recovery is subsequently required, it is an input data set that tells recovery:</p>
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