Identifying a New Data Source

How to:

Identify a New Data Source

You can identify a data source that does not exist yet. When you identify a new data source, you can accept the default file specification conventions or specify different ones.

Note: For z/OS, you must allocate the file before issuing the USE command. You can do this using the z/OS command ALLOCATE or the WebFOCUS command DYNAM. You must also issue the z/OS command CREATE to physically create the file. This is not a requirement for platforms that dynamically allocate files.

Syntax: How to Identify a New Data Source

USE 
fileid NEW
END

where:

fileid: Is any valid file specification for the operating system. The file ID will be assigned to the data source when it is created.
NEW: Specifies that the data source does not yet exist. If you omit the NEW parameter, a message is returned stating that the data source cannot be found. The USE command is not executed.

Example: Identifying a New Data Source

The following command creates the data source WAGES using the WAGES Master File.

Windows:

USE
C:\DATA\WAGES.FOC NEW
END
CREATE FILE WAGES

z/OS:

USE
WAGES NEW
END
CREATE FILE WAGES

UNIX:

USE
wages.foc NEW
END
CREATE FILE WAGES