Administrative Information Services

Data Administration

VISION:Results Workshop #10 Outline

Programming Methods and Concepts

I. Analysis and Design

A. What is the program's purpose?
B. Report Formatting
C. Data Considerations
D. Outlining the program (pseudo-code)
E. Rough code of the program

II. Programming

A. OPTION VERIFY
B. Coding a limit on the input records
C. REPORT by REPORT approach
D. Verifying the output

III. Debugging

A. Verifying input data
B. "Play the Computer"
C. Adding LIST statements
D. Review with another programmer

IV. Condition Codes

A. XCODE field in SARC
B. "COND CODE" statements in the JCL
C. Multiple Condition codes

V. The HASP information

A. JOBLOG information
B. Common JCL errors

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