Installing Finalist for z/OS IMS - Finalist - 10.0

The USPS CASS regulations now require DPV, LACS^Link, and SuiteLink to run in CASS mode. Other ancillary databases, like EWS, are not required, but provide additional coding accuracy. While online access is not required to run in CASS mode, consistent results between online and batch can only be achieved if the same process is followed in both cases. To install Finalist On-Line on a z/OS IMS platform, follow these steps.

1. Follow the steps to install Finalist for z/OS in Installing Finalist for z/OS.
2. Link the Finalist IMS product (optional).
3. Edit and submit member INSTALI2 from the FNSOURCE PDS to build the Finalist IMS system from the object members. Edit member INSTALI2 using the comments at the beginning of the member.
4. After you have built the Finalist IMS option, you will need to add your Finalist key to the Finalist IMS load library. To do this, edit and submit member KEYSTORE that is in your Finalist FNSOURCE library. Perform the edits using the comments at the beginning of the member.
5. Finalist IMS requires the use of DL/I data files and provides definitions for using SHISAM databases. Finalist IMS provides sample transactions S56LPCH and S56LPWNH to access Finalist using DL/I processing.
6. For additional IMS installation steps specific to IMS, refer to members MFSGEN, PSBGEN, and ACBGEN in Finalist IMS JCLLIB as samples to run the necessary IMS generations. At time of publication the following are sizes for IMS related files: