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Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on the IBM mainframe operating systems z/OS and z/VSE (and predecessors) to instruct the system on how to run a batch job or start a subsystem. In z/VSE, it is sometimes referred to as JCS (Job Control Statements). In z/OS, Job Entry Control Language (JECL) controls how JES2 or JES3 handles the job execution and output.

In JCL, the unit of work is the job. A job consists of one or several steps, each of which is a request to run one specific program. For example, a job to produce a printed report for management might consist of the following steps:

  • A user-written program to select the appropriate records and copy them to a temporary file.

  • Sort the temporary file into the required order, usually using a general-purpose sort utility

  • A user-written program to present the information in a way that is easy for the end-users to read and includes other useful information such as sub-totals

  • A user-written program to format selected pages of the end-user information for display on a monitor or terminal.
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Possible to send email, with an attachment from the Mainframe?

I have the following code: //****************************************** //PROC01 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //SYSIN DD DUMMY //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(B,SMTP) …
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Obtaining Input DDName from FTP (JES)

I have a job in JES on the mainframe that I want to retrieve or list directory via FTP. I'm able to do so easily if I want one or all of the OUTPUT DDNames of my job (In SDSF, with "INPUT OFF" command) SDSF JOB DATA SET DISPLAY - JOB MYUSERUL…
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JCL append date/time to a file?

How do I add the current date/time to a file in JCL? For example, from the JCL: //INPUT DD * CGQ-TEST.ISQCQ.NET ASCII LOCSITE SBD=SYSP.FTP.RCAMSI SENDSITE PUT 'TJ.UTJ0IR86.BC814.HDR' BC814001.TMP APPEND 'TJ.UTJ4IR86.BC(0)' …
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JCL error - "$HASP165 IBMUSERW ENDED AT SVSCJES2 - JCL ERROR CN(INTERNAL)"

I am trying to the utility DFHWS2LS to create a CICS Web service requester. The first step mentioned in the IBM redbooks or the guides is running this in a JCL. I face this issue on submitting the JCL. I am doing something wrong. Can't figure out…
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Syncsort Sum Fields=None not removing duplicates

I'm trying to run a SYNCSORT job that will remove duplicate entries and when I run it, I'm still getting duplicates. The following is the SYNCSORT code I'm using: INCLUDE COND=(((61,1,CH,EQ,C'P'),OR, (61,1,CH,EQ,C'V')),AND, …
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Capture multiple jobs output with pgm=sdsf

I've built a job to retrieve information from spool executions (with the utility PGM=SDSF), but I can only seem to do that for one job at a time, by doing: //SDSFS1 EXEC PGM=SDSF //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* …
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Error in JCL job

I have the below job which runs on a zlinux server and it creates a trigger in a destination zOS system. //WPLP0500 JOB (GBCRM,GBAWPL),'PLIW ESI TRIGGER', // CLASS=A,REGION=32M,MSGCLASS=E //STEP EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* But it…
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Send 2 CSV in JCL

I try to send attachment (2 csv files) using JCL. When I use XMIT all is good and I 've got lay out I want. But when I use IEBGENER: HELO ... MAIL FROM: RCPT TO:…
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Reading through Tapes - JCL

We currently backup some of our data to tapes (virtual, not physical) and I am needing to read and pull information from those tapes. Currently we are using JCL with a DD statement for each Vol/Ser that looks like: //VOLSERO DD…
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Need to compare the same field in different records with JCL SORT

I have an input file, the 3rd field in this file is a number. This number usually is repeated in the same field for about 30-40 records, when a record is read that has a different value in this field I need the number '1' to print in the first…
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Writing characters after x amount of records using a JCL Sort

I have written a JCL SORT that will sort/reformat various fields and print them to a new output file as in the code below. I need to amend this code to simply print the number '9' at the beginning of every tenth(10th) record. I presume I need an…
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VSAM Search VS COBOL search/loop

I have a file that could contain about 3 million records. Certain records of this file will need to be updated multiple times throughout the run of the program. If I need to pull specific records from this file, which of the following is more…
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Sort jcl replace all

I've got a very interesting question. Using inrec parse I delete delimiter(.), and replace it by 20 spaces. May I change 20 spaces by comma using jcl and sort (or icetool)?
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Specifying Environment variables in JCL

Physical DSN name specified together with the DD name in JCL is the usual way of handling files in ZOS. But we can also specify a variable DD name in FILE CONTROL and set the DSN in program using SETENV. e.g. How to set environment variables and…
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Add some info for email via JCL

community! I 've got an interesting question. I write a small jcl, which xmit file to another email. XMIT Is it possible to add some information to email, such as subj?
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