Recommended Duration:  2 Days

Benefits:  Students who complete this course will be able to define, load, print, and delete VSAM data sets, and to process VSAM data sets from COBOL programs.

Audience:  COBOL programmers who need to work with VSAM data sets, both from an AMS (Access Method Services) perspective, and from COBOL programs.

Prerequisites:  The student should be able to code a COBOL program and be able to code JCL to run simple batch jobs.

Related IBM Materials:  This course is drawn from this IBM manual; access to it in the classroom is desirable but not required:
SC26-7394 – AMS Reference (z/OS)