Enter the plan name for the application plan you want to bind. If you selected the Bind Plan option from a specific plan, then that plan name will be filled in for you. You can also use the browse button to display a list of plans to select from, or you can enter a new plan name.

Displays a list of plans to select from.

Required if Specify Package table is empty. Enter the dataset name and member name of the database request module (DBRM) that you want to bind. You can use the Add button to display a list of datasets to select from.

Opens the Add Dataset List window where you can select the dataset and member name that contains the database request module (DBRM) to be bound.

Removes the selected DBRMs from the list table.

Required if Specify DBRMs table is empty. Enter the location, collection, and package names to be included in the plan. You can use the Add button to display a list of packages to select from.

Opens the Add Package List window where you can select the location, collection, and package names to be included in the plan.

Removes the selected packages from the list table.

Used to toggle display of additional tabs - Bind Processing, Locking, SQL, Naming, Distributed, Authority.

Optional.Select YES or NO to indicate if you want to see EXPLAIN output from the bind.

Optional. Select the level of message flagging:

All
Report all messages.
Only WEC
Report only warning, error, and completion messages.
Only EC
Report only error and completion messages.
Only Completion
Report only completion messages

Optional. Specify when you want error checking to take place

Select to replace an existing plan (ACTION(REPLACE) option).

Select to retain execute privileges (RETAIN option).

Select to add this plan as a new plan (ACTION(ADD) option). An error will occur if a plan exists with the same name.

Optional. Choose to acquire locks when the table space is first used, or when the plan is allocated.

Optional. Select Yes to specify the IMMEDWRITE option.

Optional. Select Yes to specify the CURRENTDATA option.

Optional. Select the type of concurrency desired:

RR
Repeatable Read
RS
Record Stability
CS
(default) Cursor Stability
UR
Uncommitted Read

Optional. Select when system resources are to be released:

COMMIT
Release resources at each COMMIT
DEALLOCATE
Release resources only when the application terminates

Optional. Select a value for the DYNAMICRULES option, which defines the authorization rules that will apply to dynamic SQL at run time:

RUN
(default) Standard dynamic SQL - the authorization ID of the user executing the plan will be used
BIND
the authorization ID used to bind the plan will be used

Optional. Select Yes to specify the REOPT option, or No to specify NOREOPT.

Optional. Select Yes to specify the DEFER option, or No to specify NODEFER.

Optional. Select Yes to specify the KEEPDYNAMIC option.

Optional. Specifies the degree of parallelism for the execution of static SQL statements:

One
No parallelism
Any
execution of a statement can involve parallelism using a degree determined by the database manager

Optional. Specify an optimization hint of up to 8 characters, or choose Normal Optimization.

Optional. Select the type of encoding used by the plan, or type in a valid ccsid.

Optional. Enter the name of an implicit qualifier for the plan, or use the browse button to display a list qualifiers to select from.

Displays a list of qualifiers to select from.

Displays a list of schemas to select from.

Displays a list of schemas that have been selected from the Available Schemas list.

Moves the schema selected on the left to the list of selected schemas on the right.

Moves all of the schema from the list on the left to the list of selected schemas on the right.

Removes the selected schema from the list on the right.

Removes all of the schemas from the list on the right.

Moves selected schemas one position higher in the list.

Moves selected schemas one position lower in the list.

Opens a dialog to add a remote schema that is not in the Available Schemas list.

Opens a dialog to select a different remote schema from the one selected.

Removes the selected schemas from the list.

Optional. Specifies the type of rules to use for type 2 connects (SQLRULES option):

Optional. Specifies the location name to be used with the CURRENTSERVER option.

Optional. Specifies which protocol to use when connecting to a remote site that is identified by a three-part name statement:

DRDA
Use DRDA protocol - plan must be bound to each remote site that is referenced by a three-part name statement.
PRIVATE
Do not use DRDA protocol - authorization is determined based on value of DYNAMICRULES parameter.

Optional. Specifies which remote connections to close during commit operations (DISCONNECT option):

Explicit
Close only connections that have been released, using the SQL RELEASE statement.
Automatic
Close all remote connections.
Conditional
Close all remote connections unless an open cursor defined as WITH HOLD is associated with the connection.

Optional. Specify an authorization ID to be used with the OWNER option for the bind.You can use the browse button to display a list of authorization IDs.

Displays a list of authorization IDs to select from.

Optional. Specifies the value to use with the CACHESIZE option. Select from the valid values in the drop-down.

List of connection types that will be disabled for the plan.

List of connection types that will be enabled for the plan.

Moves the selected connection type from the disabled list to the enabled list.

Moves all of the connection types to the enabled list.

Moves the selected connection type from the enabled list to the disabled list.

Moves all of the connection types to the disabled list.

Optional. Specify one or more connection names for the DLIBATCH option, separated by commas.

Optional. Specify one or more node names for the CICS option, separated by commas.

Optional. Specify one or more IMS IDs for the IMSBMP option, separated by commas.

Optional. Specify one or more IMS IDs for the IMSMPP option, separated by commas.

Optional. Specify one or more location names (LUNAMEs) for the REMOTE option, separated by commas.

Runs the bind plan command and closes the window. Available when the required fields are complete.

Closes the window without running the bind plan.

Runs the bind plan command and leaves the window open.

Displays the bind plan command that would be generated by your choices in this window. Available when the required fields are complete.