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IMS destination routing descriptors
In IMS 12, type-2 commands can be used to dynamically define destination routing
descriptors. The OTMA descriptors can also be defined in the DFSYDTx PROCLIB member
and are processed when IMS is restarted. Both types can coexist.
In IMS 10, the definition of the destination routing descriptors in DFSYDTx must be entered
from the most specific to the most generic destination routing descriptor name. Any
destination with a masked character of asterisk (*) has to occur
after the group of names that
the asterisk is masking. For example, following the order from most specific to most generic,
you must list the contents in DFSYDTx as DEST1234, DEST12*, an ...