Examples of Search and Revise - Documentation for DELTA IMS products 6.8
William Smith
Published Apr 07, 2026
In the following example, a search operation is requested in all directions for any occurrence of the value MPP. The following figure shows the search conditions.
Sample Search Panel for MPP
SR DELTA IMS DB/DC - Edit Search Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE Verify the parameters. Then press Enter to start a search. Search direction . . 1 1. Next 2. Previous 3. First 4. Last 5. All Search context . . . 1 1. Any 2. Prefix 3. Suffix 4. Word Select one or more from each column. Type a Search argument. Element type Field More: + / * ALL * / *ALL* Search value or mask _ DATABASE _ DATABASE Find . . . MPP _ APPLCTN _ RENAME _ TRANSACT _ RESIDENT _ TERMINAL _ ACCESS _ LTERM _ AUTO Search value range _ RELOAD _ APPLCTN From . . . _ EXECUTE _ RENAME To . . . . _ APPC _ RESIDENT _ RTCODE _ PGMTYPE Leave 'Find' blank if range is used. _ COMMENT _ SCHDTYP _ FPATH _ DOPT _The following figure shows the results of the search.
Results Search for MPP
ED DELTA IMS DB/DC - Edit DELTA Li 2039 STR 'MPP' found Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE DELTA Mode . . . 3 1. Summary 2. Modified 3. Detail Restricting IMSID **** DELTA List . . . MPCAPPL Element 000001 of 000003 Title . . . . . . More: - + ------ --------------- ----------------------------------- ------------- ==FND> PGMTYPE Program is a BMP or MPP . . . . . . MPP SCHDTYP Schedule serial or parallel . . . . SERIAL FPATH Fast Path program?. . . . . . . . . NO DOPT Dynamic PSB modification? . . . . . NO GPSB Dynamically Generate a PSB? . . . . NO LANG Programming language interface. . . NONE 000002 ADD APPLCTN Name of PSB . . . . . . . . . . . . B67890 RESIDENT PSB always in main storage? . . . . NO PGMTYPE Program is a BMP or MPP . . . . . . MPP SCHDTYP Schedule serial or parallel . . . . SERIAL FPATH Fast Path program?. . . . . . . . . NO DOPT Dynamic PSB modification? . . . . . NOIn the following example, a search operation is requested in all directions for any occurrence of any value between A123 and B999. The following figure shows the search conditions.
Sample Search Panel for Value from A123 to B999
SR DELTA IMS DB/DC - Edit Search Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE Verify the parameters. Then press Enter to start a search. Search direction . . 1 1. Next 2. Previous 3. First 4. Last 5. All Search context . . . 4 1. Any 2. Prefix 3. Suffix 4. Word Select one or more from each column. Type a Search argument. Element type Field More: + / * ALL * / *ALL* Search value or mask _ DATABASE _ DATABASE Find . . . _ APPLCTN _ RENAME _ TRANSACT _ RESIDENT _ TERMINAL _ ACCESS _ LTERM _ AUTO Search value range _ RELOAD _ APPLCTN From . . . A123 _ EXECUTE _ RENAME To . . . . B999 _ APPC _ RESIDENT _ RTCODE _ PGMTYPE Leave 'Find' blank if range is used. _ COMMENT _ SCHDTYP _ FPATH _ DOPTThe following figure shows the results of the previous search operation.
Results of Search for Values Between A123 and B999
ED DELTA IMS DB/DC - Edit DELTA Li 2039 WRD 'A12345' found Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE DELTA Mode . . . 3 1. Summary 2. Modified 3. Detail Restricting IMSID **** DELTA List . . . MPCAPPL Element 000001 of 000003 Title . . . . . . More: + ------ --------------- ----------------------------------- ------------- ==FND> ADD APPLCTN Name of PSB . . . . . . . . . . . . A12345 RESIDENT PSB always in main storage? . . . . NO PGMTYPE Program is a BMP or MPP . . . . . . MPP SCHDTYP Schedule serial or parallel . . . . SERIAL FPATH Fast Path program?. . . . . . . . . NO DOPT Dynamic PSB modification? . . . . . NO GPSB Dynamically Generate a PSB? . . . . NO LANG Programming language interface. . . NONE 000002 ADD APPLCTN Name of PSB . . . . . . . . . . . . B67890 RESIDENT PSB always in main storage? . . . . NO PGMTYPE Program is a BMP or MPP . . . . . . MPP SCHDTYP Schedule serial or parallel . . . . SERIAL FPATH Fast Path program?. . . . . . . . . NO DOPT Dynamic PSB modification? . . . . . NO GPSB Dynamically Generate a PSB? . . . . NO LANG Programming language interface. . . NONE 000003 ADD APPLCTN Name of PSB . . . . . . . . . . . . C123456 RESIDENT PSB always in main storage? . . . . NOIn the following example, a search and revise operation is requested in all directions for the value MPP and a change to BMP. The following figure shows the search/revise conditions.
Sample Search/Revise Panel for Changing MPP to BMP
SR DELTA IMS DB/DC - Edit Search/Revise Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE Verify the parameters. Then press Enter to start a search. Search direction . . 1 1. Next 2. Previous 3. First 4. Last 5. All Search context . . . 4 1. Any 2. Prefix 3. Suffix 4. Word Select one or more from each column. Type a Search/Revise argument. Element type Field More: + / * ALL * / *ALL* Search/Revise value or mask _ DATABASE _ DATABASE Find . . . MPP _ APPLCTN _ RENAME Change to BMP _ TRANSACT _ RESIDENT _ TERMINAL _ ACCESS _ LTERM _ AUTO Search value range _ RELOAD _ APPLCTN From . . . _ EXECUTE _ RENAME To . . . . _ APPC _ RESIDENT _ RTCODE _ PGMTYPE Leave 'Find' blank if range is used. _ COMMENT _ SCHDTYP _ FPATH _ DOPTThe following figure shows the results of the previous search and revise operation.
Results of Search/Revise of MPP to BMP
ED DELTA IMS DB/DC - Edit DELTA Li 2044 WRD 'MPP' changed Command ===> Scroll ===> PAGE DELTA Mode . . . 3 1. Summary 2. Modified 3. Detail Restricting IMSID **** DELTA List . . . MPCAPPL Element 000001 of 000003 Title . . . . . . More: - + ------ --------------- ----------------------------------- ------------- ==FND> PGMTYPE Program is a BMP or MPP . . . . . . BMP SCHDTYP Schedule serial or parallel . . . . SERIAL FPATH Fast Path program?. . . . . . . . . NO DOPT Dynamic PSB modification? . . . . . NO GPSB Dynamically Generate a PSB? . . . . NO LANG Programming language interface. . . NONE 000002 ADD APPLCTN Name of PSB . . . . . . . . . . . . B67890 RESIDENT PSB always in main storage? . . . . NO PGMTYPE Program is a BMP or MPP . . . . . . MPP SCHDTYP Schedule serial or parallel . . . . SERIAL FPATH Fast Path program?. . . . . . . . . NO DOPT Dynamic PSB modification? . . . . . NO