Work with Objects (WRKOBJ)

The Work with Objects (WRKOBJ) command shows a list of objects from one or more libraries.

The object name, object type, library name, object attribute, and short text description for the object are shown for each listed object. The data attributes and the actual data in the object are not shown. From this list, several object-oriented options can be performed.

Restrictions:

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
OBJ Object Qualified object name Required, Positional 1
Qualifier 1: Object Generic name, name, *ALL
Qualifier 2: Library Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB, *USRLIBL, *ALLUSR, *ALL
OBJTYPE Object type *ALL, *ALRTBL, *AUTL, *BNDDIR, *CFGL, *CHTFMT, *CLD, *CLS, *CMD, *CNNL, *COSD, *CRG, *CRQD, *CSI, *CSPMAP, *CSPTBL, *CTLD, *DEVD, *DOC, *DTAARA, *DTADCT, *DTAQ, *EDTD, *EXITRG, *FCT, *FILE, *FLR, *FNTTBL, *FNTRSC, *FORMDF, *FTR, *GSS, *IGCDCT, *IGCSRT, *IGCTBL, *IMGCLG, *IPXD, *JOBD, *JOBQ, *JOBSCD, *JRN, *JRNRCV, *LIB, *LIND, *LOCALE, *MEDDFN, *MENU, *MODD, *MODULE, *MSGF, *MSGQ, *MGTCOL, *M36, *M36CFG, *NODL, *NODGRP, *NTBD, *NWID, *NWSCFG, *NWSD, *OUTQ, *OVL, *PAGDFN, *PAGSEG, *PDFMAP, *PDG, *PGM, *PNLGRP, *PRDAVL, *PRDDFN, *PRDLOD, *PSFCFG, *QMFORM, *QMQRY, *QRYDFN, *RCT, *S36, *SBSD, *SCHIDX, *SPADCT, *SQLPKG, *SQLUDT, *SQLXSR, *SRVPGM, *SVRSTG, *SSND, *TBL, *TIMZON, *USRIDX, *USRPRF, *USRQ, *USRSPC, *VLDL, *WSCST Optional, Positional 2

Object (OBJ)

Specifies the objects to be shown on the Work with Objects display.

This is a required parameter.

Qualifier 1: Object

*ALL
All objects of the object types specified for the Object type (OBJTYPE) parameter.
generic-name
Specify the generic name of the object to be shown. A generic name is a character string that contains one or more characters followed by an asterisk (*). If a generic name is specified, all objects that have names with the same prefix as the generic name are shown.
name
Specify the name of the object to be shown.

Qualifier 2: Library

*LIBL
All libraries in the library list for the current thread are searched. All objects in these libraries with the specified object name are shown.
*CURLIB
The current library for the thread is searched. If no library is specified as the current library for the thread, the QGPL library is searched.
*USRLIBL
If a current library entry exists in the library list for the current thread, the current library and the libraries in the user portion of the library list are searched. If there is no current library entry, only the libraries in the user portion of the library list are searched.
*ALLUSR
All user libraries are searched. All libraries with names that do not begin with the letter Q are searched except for the following:

#CGULIB     #DSULIB     #SEULIB
#COBLIB     #RPGLIB
#DFULIB     #SDALIB

Although the following Qxxx libraries are provided by IBM, they typically contain user data that changes frequently. Therefore, these libraries are considered user libraries and are also searched:

QDSNX       QRCLxxxxx   QUSRDIRDB   QUSRVI
QGPL        QSRVAGT     QUSRIJS     QUSRVxRxMx
QGPL38      QSYS2       QUSRINFSKR
QMGTC       QSYS2xxxxx  QUSRNOTES
QMGTC2      QS36F       QUSROND
QMPGDATA    QUSER38     QUSRPOSGS
QMQMDATA    QUSRADSM    QUSRPOSSA
QMQMPROC    QUSRBRM     QUSRPYMSVR
QPFRDATA    QUSRDIRCF   QUSRRDARS
QRCL        QUSRDIRCL   QUSRSYS

  1. 'xxxxx' is the number of a primary auxiliary storage pool (ASP).
  2. A different library name, in the format QUSRVxRxMx, can be created by the user for each previous release supported by IBM to contain any user commands to be compiled in a CL program for the previous release. For the QUSRVxRxMx user library, VxRxMx is the version, release, and modification level of a previous release that IBM continues to support.
*ALL
All libraries in the system, including QSYS, are searched.
name
Specify the name of the library to be searched.

Object type (OBJTYPE)

Specifies the object type for objects to be shown.

*ALL
All objects are shown that have an object name that matches the value specified for the Object (OBJ) parameter.
object-type
Specify the object type for objects to be listed, such as command (*CMD), file (*FILE), or program (*PGM). To see a complete list of object types when prompting this command, position the cursor on the field for this parameter and press F4 (Prompt).

Examples

WRKOBJ   OBJ(X/PAY*)  OBJTYPE(*ALL)

This command displays the Work with Objects panel, showing all objects for which you have authority whose names begin with the letters 'PAY' and are located in library X.

Error messages

*ESCAPE Messages

CPF9809
Library &1 cannot be accessed.
CPF9810
Library &1 not found.
CPF9820
Not authorized to use library &1.