Endevor - Add Element

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To control and manage a member from an external data set (PDS or PDS/E member, CA Panvalet, CA Librarian or sequential data set, or load module), you use the Add Elements action.

Follow the below steps to add an element into endevor entry stage.

1. Start the product using the instructions provided by your site administrator.

   The Primary Options panel appears.

   
   
   

2. Enter 2 (Foreground) and press Enter.

   The Foreground Options menu appears.

   
   
   

3. Enter 2 (Add/Update) and press Enter.

   The Add/Update Elements panel appears.

   
   
   

   Note: For more information about a field or option on the panel, press PF1.

   Note: For more information about adding or updating an element with the Autogen option, see How Generating Elements with Autogen Works.

4. Choose one of the following steps.

   1. To add a member, enter the information for the action, enter A in the Option field, and press Enter.

      Note: If you want the element name to be different from the member name, change the name in the ELEMENT option. In addition, if you are adding an element for the first time, the comment becomes the element description in the Master Control File.

   2. To add multiple members, leave the Option field blank and press Enter.

      The Member Selection List appears. This list appears when the source data set is a library, you leave the Option field blank, the DISPLAY LIST option is set to Y, and when both the ELEMENT and MEMBER options are blank or have a name mask. The ISPF Locate command is supported on Member Selection lists.

5. (Optional) If the Member Selection List appears, enter A to the left of each member you want to add and press Enter.

   The members are added and you return to the Add/Update Elements panel. You can browse the listing data set for more information about each selected member.

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