Hi,

It is possible to use datasets that are new in other processing using ICETOOL.

Is it possible to those new datasets as part of a ddname concatenation to be used by another ICETOOL process?

Thank you.

I understand your question only partially.

Is your query about two different steps each running ICETOOL, or a single ICETOOL step?

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Pierre Legault
z/OS Systems Programmer
SSC (Shared Services Canada) (Government of Canada)
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Hi,

Yes.  I am trying to accomplish it in one ICETOOL step.

First step is to create a symbolic value:  

OPTION  COPY
OUTFIL  BUILD=(C'QADUDATE,',24,8,63X),VTOF

Then use this file as the SYMNAMES ddname for the following:

INCLUDE COND=(483,5,PD,EQ,QADUDATE)

Thank you for such a prompt reply.

Girish,

You canNOT refer the symbol dataset created within the same ICETOOL step, however there might be other ways to accomplish this task without the need for it.  I am guessing that you need to date value from a different file and then validate it against another file and include those records.  If that is the case then there are ways to accomplish it.  Please post the complete ICETOOL JCL that you intend to run and also the DCB properties of the INPUT files involved. 

PS:  If your JCL is too long, then you can send it to my email id skolusu at us dot ibm dot com