JCL Interview Questions
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I have a job (4 steps) with time parameter coded in job & exec, say time=10 in job & time =3,2,2,4 in each steps. Will the job executes successfully?

Cognizant,

4 10739

How to find out the number of records in a file using JCL

CTS,

5 44165

Say I have a file with 12 records. Each record has the name of the month. I have to append data in these 12 records into 1 record. How is it possible?

CTS,

2 8789

How to submit multiple jobs. These jobs are members in PDS. The second job should run if the first job runs successfully and so on.

1 9378

what is the sortcard for comparing two files with a field key and get the duplicates in onefile and noduplicates in another file

Virtusa,

3 12372

Hello Guys, I have 1+ Year Experience in MAINFRAME TESTING. After 1 Week I have an Interview With a Company on Mainframe Testing. Please Could You Guys Please Suggest me What Sections Should I prepare ?? ___Tell Me the Topic Or Appropriate Site & Links. ?? ---------------Thank You

IBM,

2256

In your JCL, run the even numbered steps if date is even and run odd numbered steps if date is odd . Where do you generate the date ??in cobol or JCL ??

CSC,

2 11096

How to find the length of variable length copybook using fileaid ??

CSC,

1 12657

Suppose i have a file with 10 recs and i want to skip only the 7 th record and copy the rest into another file. How do i do it using SORT?

VS, Wipro,

7 22824

Current version of GDG is ID.GDG.FILE.G0001V00. JCL has procedure with 2 steps like below,  What will be the output file name in each step ?  PROC starts      Step 1 has ID.GDG.FILE(+1)      Step2 has  ID.GDG.FILE(+4) PEND Similarly, JCL has 2 steps in 2 separate procedure. What will be the output file names here ?  PROC starts      Step 1 has ID.GDG.FILE(+1) PEND PROC1 starts      Step2 has  ID.GDG.FILE(+4) PEND

FIS,

2 6041

A STEP has more than 1 file as INPUT. And we have to put all these records int 1 output file. How to do ? //InputF  DD DSN=ID.File1              DSN=ID.File2              DSN=ID.File3

FIS,

1 9157

Why we us SYSTSIN DD with IKJEFT01 (TSO Utility) to execute a COBOL DB2 program? Why can't we use SYSIN DD?  

TCS,

1 16092

can i sort packed decimal if i can tell the syntax

Barclays,

1 4870

In all our JOB Statement we have always COND=(4,LT) defined. Nevertheless when a Job failed the last step should then be executed (send a message to an user). Due to we don't like to change all our JOB's (ca. 2000), we are looking for a simply solution.

4 8050

which are the parameters mandatory in job card ?

Accenture,

4 6407


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Suppose I have a program in cobol name ”careerride” and want to execute the program by jcl. Specify the process?

664


How to execute 2nd and 4th steps among 5 steps in jcl proc?

742


Can I send output of job to my remote device careerride123?

658


What is the function of dd disp parameter?

650


Is there any command to check wether the ps file is in sorted order?

2420






What is the purpose of dd * statement in jcl?

791


How to submit jcl through a cobol program?

669


how you will the direct the data to spool using sysout option?

1749


what is the resolution for sb37 error

7681


I have 60 steps in the JCL and want to Execute Only First from PROC by overriding in JCL ?

1338


Explain about ISPF/TSO Commands

1305


What is job control language?

603


Why block size is multiple of lrecl in jcl?

903


what is use of space parameter in dd statement?

742


What is concatenating?

627