5 12 8 Direct Importing of Objects

Command  Parameter

Call Argument  Number / Type 

Description

REQUEST

1 / A(10)

Pass as 'IMPORT'

PROCESS

2 / A(10)

Not required - pass as blanks

FUNCTION

3 / A(10)

Not required - pass as blanks

PARM01

4 / A(10)

Device or device file name if importing from optical device or magnetic tape.  Otherwise pass as blanks.

PARM02

5 / A(21)

Save file name if importing from a save file. Use qualified name form if desired. Otherwise pass as blanks.

PARM03

6 / A(10)

Name of message queue to which messages and inquiries are to be sent.

PARM04

7 / A(6)

Source system type. AS/400.

PARM05

8 / A(80)

Tape File sequence number or optical file name if device name used  in PARM01. Default for tape device is *SEARCH if left blank. The optical device name can be up to 80 characters long.

PARM06

9 / A(1)

Import all languages in exported data. Either Y (Yes) or N (No). Only applicable to multilingual partitions.

PARM07

10 / A(256)

Languages to be imported. Up to 64 x 4 character language code(s) or *ALL to import all languages in list. Only applicable to multilingual partitions.

PARM08

11 / A(4)

Default language. Default is the current  language if left blank. Only applicable to multilingual partitions.

PARM09

12 / A(6)

Characters 1-3  
Assign new internal names option.
Pass as YES or NO.
Defaults to YES if not specified or if passed as any value other than NO.
Refer to Submit an Import Run to Batch for details and warnings about the NO option.

Characters 4-6  
Delete $$ files.
Pass as YES or NO.
Defaults to NO if not specified.
If YES, any $$ version of the files being imported will be automatically deleted. The file name to be deleted is composed of $$ plus the first 8 characters of the file name. Where 9 and 10 character file names are not unique in the first 8 characters, this may result in additional $$ files being deleted. (For the processing to complete, these files must be deleted.)

PARM10

13 / A(19)

Characters 1-10. Reserved. Leave blank.

Characters 11-13. Allow Name Changes.
Pass as YES or NO.
Defaults to NO if not specified. This means that any long name changes in the import will cause the import to fail.
If YES, then long name changes in the import will be allowed.

Characters 14-16. Allow Type Changes.
Pass as YES or NO.
Defaults to NO if not specified. This means that any field or component type changes in the import will cause the import to fail.
If YES, then field or component type changes in the import will be allowed.

Characters 17-19. Omit importing frameworks and groups. Pass as 'YES' or 'NO'. Default is NO if left blank.

PARTITION

14 / A(3)

Name of partition into which objects  are to be imported.

LANGUAGE

15 / A(4)

Language that system is to use. If not specified, the partition default language will be  assumed.