DSM Template Services Manual

Introduction
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Components of Template Services
Components of Template Services
These descriptions of the Template Services components can help you decide which
components you need to accomplish a certain task:
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Procedures
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Templates and template files
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Template Compiler (TEMPL)
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Template Installation Program (TEMPLI)
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=_EMS_TEMPLATES DEFINE
Also described are utilities that are not part of Template Services but are needed to use
Template Services:
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DDL compiler
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System generation (SYSGENR) and Distributed Systems Management/Software
Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM) programs
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Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) utility
Table 1-1. Common Tasks Performed Using Template Services
Task
Modify DDL
definition file?
Create
template?
Use Template
Services
procedure?
Developing operator messages to
be used when particular EMS
event messages are received
Yes (for new
tokens or
enumerations)
Format
template
N.A.
Generating operator messages for
EMS event messages that have
been received
N.A. N.A. EMSTEXT procedure
Listing the tokens in event,
command, or response messages
N.A. N.A. SPI_BUFFER_
FORMAT procedures
Controlling how tokens in
messages are listed by
SPI_BUFFER_FORMAT
procedures
Add DISPLAY,
HEADING,
AS clauses
*N.A.
Changing the value of certain
tokens
N.A. Override
template
N.A.
* After a DDL definition file is modified, you need to remake DDL dictionaries that use this definition file, remake
template files that depend on these dictionaries, and install the new templates on each system that needs
them.