What statement marks the beginning of a job step; assigns a name to the step; identifies the program or catalogued or in-stream procedure to be executed in the step?
1163What statement marks the beginning of an in-stream or cataloged procedure in jcl and assigns default values to parameters defined in the procedure?
1365If a (+1) generation dataset is created in the first step of a job, how can it be referenced in later steps of the same job for input?
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What is the purpose of disp parameter?
The disp in the JCL is MOD and the program opens the file in OUTPUT mode. What happens ? The disp in the JCL is SHR and the pgm opens the file in EXTEND mode. What happens ?
Can an individual step be restricted from using all the jobs allowed cpu time?
Is automatic restart possible in jcl? If yes, how?
What are the parameters that are used in creating a gdg?
Why include statement is used in a jcl?
if we want to use a gdg which is already created by some job, then how to use the reference of the last generation in a jcl?
How dummy is used in jcl?
I want to JCL sort for Non-COMP and COMP-3 fields SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,11,A,12,11,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS Length of comp bytes is 11 bytes which start at 6byte and 12 byte considering 11 bytes in comp-3 is 6 bytes. Can anyone tell if the above sort work SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,6,A,12,6,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS does not works OK
Describe the various parameters utilized in the creation of a gdg?
Which dd parameters are required?
Can I share my data with other jobs? How?
What are the parameter we cannot use in procedure?
How can return codes be tested before execution of a job step?
what is JCL?