Does Endevor support REFERBACK coded in a Processor?

Products

• Endevor
• Endevor Natural Integration
• Endevor - ECLIPSE Plugin
• Endevor - Enterprise Workbench

Issue/Introduction

I produced some test JCL which created the temporary file as:

//SYSUT2    DD DISP=(NEW,PASS,DELETE),         

//             LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=0,RECFM=FB,    

//             SPACE=(TRK,(1,5),RLSE)          

 

Then referenced in a later step as:

//SYSUT1    DD DSN=*.TEST01.SYSUT2,            

//             VOL=REF=*.TEST01.SYSUT2,        

 

In standard JCL this did work and produced two unique temporary datasets:

SYS19330.T101818.RA000.########.R0545973

SYS19330.T101818.RA000.########.R0747508             

 

Can we use REFERBACK in an Endevor Processor and expect it to act in the same way?

 

Environment

Release : 18.0

Component : CA Endevor Software Change Manager

Resolution

REFERBACK being used in an Endevor Processor it is not supported - See the below reference from the processors section of the documentation (https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/devops/ca-endevor-software-change-manager/18-0/administrating/processors/unsupported-parameters.html)

EXEC Statement Parameters

CA Endevor Software Change Manager

 processors support the EXEC statement, but they do not support backward reference (REFERBACK), or these EXEC statement parameters:

• ACCT
• ADDRSPC
• CCSID 
• DYNAMNBR
• MEMLIMIT
• PARMDD 
• PERFORM
• PROC
• RD
• REGION
• REGIONX
• RLS
• TMOUT 
• TIME