Where is the information found that is used to expand the symbolic %PTILIB1 used in various Database Analyzer for Db2 models

Products

• Database Analyzer for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Certain Database Analyzer for Db2 for z/OS (PDA) symbolics are used within models to represent values.
One of these is the %PTILIB1 - System Automatic Symbolic. This is expanded to the main Db2 tools LOADLIB used at your site.

Resolution

The Model JCL Substitution Screen will expand the symbolic so that you can see the value being used.

The value is from the DSNAMExx member in highlevel.PARMLIB library.
It is associated with the first library on the keyword 'PTILIB'.

To see the name of the DSNAMExx member that is actually being used (xx can be changed according to user requirements) use the STATUS top line command when you are in the product menu.

Also from the Db2 tools main menu "DB2 Products Main Menu" you can type GP under 'General Facilities' for 'Global Prof. Variables'.
Then review '2 - Execution Libraries' where the DSNAMESxx values will be displayed and can temporarily (that session) be changed.

These are system variables that are not explicitly set by Database Analyzer but are set by the common services that Database Analyzer uses.

General definition:

High level summary.
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User Symbolics (US) values are established when the Action Proc is defined and the user is prompted to fill in the value like for example %FULL must be assigned a value by the user.
Automatic Symbolics (AS) values are set by the product (PDA) and can not be overridden like %DBNAME.
User Automatic Symbolic (UAS) values are established with a #SET command.
This is described in PDA MENU option T-->6-->4-->5 under #SET command description.
System Automatic Symbolics (SAS) values are set by the common services that the product uses and can not be overwritten like for example %PTILIBx.