Program Status Data Structure

Program Status Data Structure

This structure contains subfields that hold a lot of information about the current program and the job it's running in. It provides the easiest way to get the program name, the job name, user ID, exception information and more.

You declare it in the data definition section of the program like this:

     * Program Status Data Structure
    D                SDS

List the sub-fields you need below that. They're described in the ILE RPG language reference.

Declaring an externally described data structure allows you to use any of the information in the program status data structure without worrying about sub-field locations. You just add a declaration like this to your program:

     * Program Status Data Structure
    D PSDS          ESDS

Place the data structure template file in the library list during the compile. Create the template file by compiling PSDS from the source as a normal data file with no members. Use the subfields as you would any other variable in your program.

Program Status Data Structure Available Information

Numeric Data Length column contains the decimal places after the ",".

Certain fields can be specified by their name as the beginning buffer position, instead of an offset. These are noted as Alternate Location in the table:

Seq	Value Contained	Data Type	Data Length	Beginning Buffer Position	Ending Buffer Position	Alternate location
1	Program Name	Character	10	1	10	*proc
2	Program Status	Zoned Decimal	5,0	11	15
3	Program Previous Status	Zoned Decimal	5,0	16	20
4	Program Source Statement	Character	8	21	28
5	Program Routine	Character	8	29	36	*routine
6	Program Number Of Parameters	Zoned Decimal	3,0	37	39	*parms
7	Program Message ID	Character	7	40	46
8	Program MI Instruction Code	Character	4	47	50
9	Program Work	Character	30	51	80
10	Program Library	Character	10	81	90
11	Program Error Data	Character	80	91	170
12	Program RPG Message	Character	4	171	174
13	Program Job Name	Character	10	244	253
14	Program User ID	Character	10	254	263
15	Program Job Number	Zoned Decimal	6,0	264	269
16	Program Job Date	Zoned Decimal	6	270	275
17	Program Run Date	Zoned Decimal	6	276	281
18	Program Run Time	Zoned Decimal	6	282	287

Here is a Sample Program Status Data Structure in RPG III Style:

     Dpsds            sds                  
     D pgmname                 1     10a   
     D pgmsts                 11     15s 0 
     D pgmprvsts              16     20s 0 
     D pgmsrcstmt             21     28a   
     D pgmroutine             29     36a   
     D pgmparms               37     39s 0 
     D pgmmsgid               40     46a   
     D pgmmi#                 47     50a   
     D pgmwork                51     80a   
     D pgmlib                 81     90a   
     D pgmerrdta              91    170a   
     D pgmrpgmsg             171    174a   
     D pgmjob                244    253a   
     D pgmuser               254    263a   
     D pgmjobnum             264    269s 0 
     D pgmjobdate            270    275s 0 
     D pgmrundate            276    281s 0 
     D pgmruntime            282    287s 0 

Here is a Sample Program Status Data Structure in RPG IV Style:

     Dpsds            sds                  
     D pgmname                       10a 
or   d pgmname           *proc
     D pgmname                        
     D pgmsts                         5s 0 
     D pgmprvsts                      5s 0 
     D pgmsrcstmt                     8a   
     D pgmroutine                     8a   
or   D pgmroutine        *routine
     D pgmparms                       3s 0 
or   D pgmparms          *parms
     D pgmmsgid                       7a   
     D pgmmi#                         4a   
     D pgmwork                       30a   
     D pgmlib                        10a   
     D pgmerrdta                     80a   
     D pgmrpgmsg                      4a
     D Filler_01                     69a  
     D pgmjob                        10a   
     D pgmuser                       10a   
     D pgmjobnum                      5s 0  
     D pgmjobdate                     6s 0  
     D pgmrundate                     6s 0  
     D pgmruntime                     6s 0