Before you begin: Display the ACS Application Selection panel. See Creating ACS routines.

Perform the following steps to validate an ACS routine.

1. Select option 3, Validate, on the ACS Application Selection panel. This displays the Validate ACS Routines or Entire SCDS panel.

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2. Supply values on the Validate ACS Routines or Entire SCDS panel:

   SCDS Name

   Identifies the SCDS containing the ACS routine you are validating. It is a required field that is primed with the last used value. The default is blank.

   ACS Routine Type

   Identifies which of the four ACS routine types you are validating. When validating an individual ACS routine, the valid values are: DC, SC, MC, and SG. It is a required field that is primed with the last used value. The default is an asterisk, *, which specifies that you want to validate the entire SMS configuration in the SCDS, and not just one of the ACS routines.

   Listing Data Set

   Identifies the name of a sequential data set to contain the results of the validation. If you specify a data set that already exists, the validation process replaces the existing data set contents with the results of the validation. If you specify a nonexistent data set, the validation process allocates space for it. If you leave this field blank, which is the default, you receive the result of the validation, but you do not get a listing.

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3. Press Enter to perform the validation. See Validation results for more information.