Typically, you specify the file name when you define the data map for a sequential file. In this way, PowerExchange can process file names without the need to pre-define them in the JCL for the PowerExchange Listener or netport job. PowerExchange achieves this goal by dynamically allocating DD names to files using the z/OS SVC99() API.
Instead of using a specified file name, PowerExchange can also read a file using a name such as
DD:
JCLNAME
, where
JCLNAME
defines the DDNAME of a DD statement in the JCL for thePowerExchange Listener or netport job.