Garbage in Online created JCL to delete a file from a Catalog

Products

• MasterCat VSE

Issue/Introduction

Using the Online generation screens to create IDCAMS-Jobs (JCL) to delete Files, the job does not run because the included parameters are incorrect.

- the Parameter CAT(UCAT.VSEWK3          //16)). 

where //16 is wrong.

Resolution

The garbage in the catalog DSN is always placed after position 44 
/ in position 45 then followed by others characters . 
In fact , this is the password indicated in the FIND FILE screen . 
This field is never cleared and you cannot see it . The userid.UPV 
is updated in the SYS$VIO PDS file with a catlg password. 
To solve the problem , enter spaces or erase eof in the password field . 

 
VMCMENU6.3 -- CA-MASTERCAT - Manage Files and Volumes - 3.4-SP02 USER=userid 
VMCMENU7.3 -------- CA-MASTERCAT - Find File(s) - 3.4-SP02 ----- USER=userid 
VMCMENUD.C -------- CA-MASTERCAT - Object Finder - 3.4-SP02 ---- USER=userid 
CATALOG SEARCH 
File ID ===> + 
Password ===>