JCL Interview Questions
Questions Answers Views Company eMail

If a job has 3 steps and step 1 and step 3 should get executed and step 2 should not get executed irrespective of the return code from the previous steps. How can it be done?

TCS,

5 9897

At what stage, operator can change the class and priority of a submitted job?

2 4830

if time parameter is not coded on the job card and job step then what is the default time assigned to the entire job and for each step in the job by the systyem ?

ITC Infotech,

2 7810

what is the use of temporary files?

Hexaware,

5 10617

how do u see jobs submitted before ur job ?

1 4604

I had Records in file Like this Company Code IBM 2 IBM 1 IBM 4 WIPRO 3 WIPRO 2 WIPRO 9 TCS 4 TCS 6 TCS 3 i want the record of every company with highest code How can i do that?

Wipro,

3 8648

what is the difference between return code and maxcc?

iGate,

2 15077

I am having one step in my jcl.in that step,i am calling one proc.In that proc,i have 10 steps.i want to call a particular step in that proc without writing any new jcl ike iebedit utility...

Satyam,

2 7140

How to use COND Parameter in jcl

NIIT, Wipro,

4 9539

a input file contains 1000 records, how to move the first 500 record into one out put file and how to move to second 500 records to anothere output file

ITC Infotech,

6 28740

A. Job Abended in STEP03. Now run job again to execute STEP03, STEP04 (STEP01,STEP02 should not execute again)

Cap Gemini, CSC, Xchanging,

3 8274

We have an output dataset in job with disp parameter as SHR. Can we write data in that file dataset?

CTS, IBM,

2 7920

How can we increment subscript and index?

CTS, IBM,

1 7261

I have DATE filed like DD-MM-YYYY, So I want output should be MM/DD/YYYY using JCL? Can anybody post the answer for above requirement?

BirlaSoft, FIS, Wipro,

4 17997

What does the one advantange of using IEBUPDTE?????

2 6335


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what is the purpose of coding notify parameter in job statement?

674


What is the purpose of the dd keylen parameter?

706


What is the function of dd disp parameter?

649


What are the difference between jcl and jes?

1036


What parameters can be used to limit the number of records written to a sysout dataset?

734






What is the job entry system used in your project? based on what criteria the sequence of jobs are picked if priority is not mentioned in the job card?

1799


How can a jobs execution priority be modified?

788


Explain in DD statement what is the use of DCB parameter?

642


I HAVE A VB BLOCK WHICH IS USED AS INPUT IN COBOL CONATINING SOME RECORDS CAN I CHANGE THE FILE FROM VB TO FB?

2087


have in 100 records in a file i want to read first 3 records and skip next 3 records and agan i want to read 3 records and again i want to skip 3 records... run a loop from record one to 10 evaluate i/3 if comes even then skip else write to output file

913


Explain the purpose of dd * statement in jcl?

627


What do we mean by 'Virtual storage' for a dataset and for a JOBSTEP ? What is the significance of the following statement for a programmer 'Virtual storage results in program addresses being independent of the addresses that actually exist in a computer' ?

1574


Can an individual step be restricted from using all the jobs allowed cpu time?

998


How to resolve the error "WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED" I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem? I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem?

7582


which parameter is used to check the syntax of a jcl without executing it?

789