ERDROPTS

Purpose

The ERDROPTS statement defines run-time options to an event-reader task. You can specify this statement for a tracker. This statement is required if you do not specify ERDRTASK(0) on the OPCOPTS statement.

ERDROPTS is defined in the member of the EQQPARM library as specified by the ERDRPARM keyword on the OPCOPTS statement.

Format


1  ERDROPTS  ERSEQNO (
2.1 event reader sequence number
1 )?  ERWAIT (
2.1! 10
2.1 wait limit
1 )

Parameters

ERSEQNO(event reader sequence number)
Defines which event reader is being started. This number must be in the range 1 to 16 and defines the ddname of the input event data set.

The ddname of the corresponding input event data set has the format EQQEVDnn, where nn is the event-reader sequence number specified as a 2-digit number. If the sequence number is less than 10, you must add a leading zero. For example, if you specify ERSEQNO(1), the ddname should be EQQEVD01. Ensure that this ddname is in your JCL procedure.

ERWAIT(wait limit|10)
Defines how long the event reader waits (in seconds) before rechecking the input event data set after all event records have been read. It will influence the rate with which the ready list is updated.
 ERDROPTS ERSEQNO(1)  1 
          ERWAIT(5)   2
In this example of an ERDROPTS statement:
1
Reader number 1 is started.
2
The reader will wait 5 seconds before rechecking its input event data set.