Build Configuration Table Load Module

If you choose Option 4, Build Configuration Table Load Module on the ISPF Configuration utility main menu panel, ISPF displays the Build Configuration Table Load Module panel, as shown in Figure 1.

This option enables you to convert the keyword file you specify into a load module for ISPF to use to determine the session settings. You can create two separate load modules: the configuration table load module (default name ISPCFIGU), and the VSAM configuration load module (default name ISPCFIGV). The configuration table load module is always created, the VSAM configuration load module is only created if one of the VSAM restriction keywords is used in your file.

While you can create the load modules with any name initially (for example, if you want to create several different configurations for your installation), ISPF only recognizes the default names of ISPCFIGU and ISPCFIGV. If you create load modules with other names and want to use them, you must rename them when they are moved into the ISPF execution data sets.

Figure 1. Build Configuration Table Load Module panel (ISPPBLD)

 ISPPCONF                ISPF Configuration Utility
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                   Build Configuration Table Load Module                     │
 │ Command ===>                                                                │
 │                                                                             │
 │ Input Keyword File Data set                                                 │
 │   Data Set . . . CONFIG.KEYWORD.FILE                                        │
 │   Member . . . . SYSTEM1                                                    │
 │                                                                             │
 │ Output Configuration Table Load Module Data Set                             │
 │   Data Set . . . LOAD.LIBRARY                                               │
 │                                                                             │
 │ Optional fields (leave blank for ISPF to use defaults)                      │
 │   Object data set  . . .                                                    │
 │   Configuration member             (Defaults to ISPCFIGU)                   │
 │   VSAM member  . . . . .           (Defaults to ISPCFIGV)                   │
 │                                                                             │
 │                                                                             │
 │  F1=Help        F2=Split       F3=Exit        F7=Backward    F8=Forward     │
 │  F9=Swap       F12=Cancel                                                   │
 └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
      2. Include defaults as comments
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F12=Cancel

When the Build Configuration Table Load Module panel appears, the Input Keyword File Data Set field value is initialized with the name found on the ISPF Configuration utility main menu panel. Verification of the keyword file specified is automatically run before the keyword file is converted into a load module. If ISPF finds any errors during the verification process, they are logged to a temporary data set, and ISPF puts you into View mode on the messages data set when the verification is complete. The build is not done until the verification completes without error.

The other entry fields found on the Build Configuration Table Load Module panel are:

Output Configuration Table Load Module Data Set: The name of the pre-existing partitioned data set into which the generated configuration table load module is to be stored.
Object Data Set: Optional. The name of the pre-existing partitioned data set into which the generated configuration table object module is to be stored. If no object data set is specified, ISPF uses a temporary data set.
Configuration Member: Optional. The member name of the configuration table load module created. If no member name is specified, a value of ISPCFIGU is used.
VSAM Member: Optional. The member name of the VSAM configuration load module created. If no member name is specified, a value of ISPCFIGV is used.