ISPF system data set allocation error

[vhagopian]

I am getting the following message when executing FTOPEN: "ISPF system data set allocation error". This occurs when i am using system DD ISPFILE. I have never seen this error before and i have no clue how to debug.

Here is the full error message......

ISPF system data set allocation error - press Enter to continue. Temporary control card data set cannot be allocated. DAIR RC = 12 dec, DARC = 970C hex.

Thanks

 

[kevinf2349]

What does your ISPFILE DD allocation look like?

If you are just wanting to build a JCL stream and manipulate it try using

address ISPEXEC "FTOPEN TEMP"