Example 5: Applying with GROUPEXTEND

Assume that you want to use have SMP/E automatically include the requisites for some SYSMODs you plan to install. However, you are not sure whether all the requisites are available. (They might not be received, or they may be held because they are in error.) In those cases, you want SMP/E to check whether a superseding SYSMOD is available for the unsatisfied requisites. To have SMP/E do this additional checking, you can use the GROUPEXTEND operand:

SET      BDY(MVSTST1)       /* Process MVSTST1 tgt zone.  */.
APPLY    FORFMID(HYY2102)   /* For one function.          */
         FUNCTIONS PTFS     /* Functions and PTFs plus    */
         GROUPEXTEND        /* requisites or supersedes.  */.

SMP/E applies HYY2102 and any functions or PTFs applicable to HYY2102. Because of the GROUPEXTEND operand, SMP/E also applies all requisites for those SYSMODs, even those not applicable to HYY2102. If SMP/E cannot find a requisite, it looks for a SYSMOD superseding the requisite and uses it to satisfy the requirement. Likewise, if a requisite is held for an error reason ID, SMP/E looks for a SYSMOD superseding the requisite, or that either satisfies or supersedes that error reason ID, and uses it to satisfy the requirement.