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What are sort cards
nskang
- Jun 25th, 2008
Sort cards is a generic term used for DD card that we give for a DFSORT.i.e SORT FIELDS=COPYSUM FIELDS=NONEcan be called as a sort card to remove duplicatesSORT FIELDS=(1,4,CH.A) can be called as a sort card to sort the field which starts at 1st bye of length 4 in Ascending order.
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Sort Card
What is the SORT CARD pertaining to the following statements:SD SORT-FILE.01 SORT REC. 05 NAME PIC X(10). 05 FILLER PIC X(45). 05 DEPIT PIC X(15). 05 AGE PIC 9(3). 05 SALARY PIC 9(6)V99 COMP-3. 05 FILLER PIC X(13).SORT SORT FILE ON ASCENDING KEY NAME SALARY DESCENDING KEY AGE.OPTIONS:a. SORT FIELDS=(1,10,CH,A,774,5,PD,A,71,3,ZD,D)B. SORT FIELDS=(1,10,CH,A,71,3,PD,D,74,5,ZD,A)C.SORT...
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What is the purpose and meaning of the TIME keyword and what JCL statement is it associated with?
TIME specifies the maximum CPU time allocated for a particular job or job step. If TIME is in the JOB card, it relates to the entire job; if in the EXEC statement, it relates to the job step.
prabhakar.shanmugam
- Jul 18th, 2008
if time parameter is coded on both job and step, then the time coded on the EXEC statement over-rides the one on the job.[refererred on pg 88 of Mvs Jcl Primer]U might be interested to know this ...
pavani
- Nov 6th, 2007
TIME parameter in Job card overrides the Time parameter in Step.
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What is the purpose and meaning of the REGION keyword and what JCL statement is it associated with?
REGION specifies the maximum CPU memory allocated for a particular job or job step. If REGION is in the JOB card, it relates to the entire job; if in the EXEC statement, it relates to the job step.
balakrishnaraothota
- Jul 18th, 2008
Region is the keyword parameter used in job and exec statements annd it is for storage purpose region=2096128k default
Lakshmi
- Nov 22nd, 2006
Hi,REGION parameter is used for storage purpose.It can be coded on both JOB and EXEC statements.(not for DD stmts.)Syntax: RREGION=1K/2M.
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What is the meaning of keyword in JCL? What is its opposite?
A keyword in a JCL statement may appear in different places and is recognized by its name, eg. MSGCLASS in the JOB statement. The opposite is positional words, where their meaning is based on their position in the statement, eg. in the DISP keyword the =(NEW,CATLG,DELETE) meanings are based on first, second and third position.
balakrishnaraothota
- Jul 18th, 2008
Positional and keyword parameters comes to jcl statements keyword means for information
balakrishnaraothota
- Jul 18th, 2008
Keyword means explicitly not for information this we will get parameters
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Job have 3 steps in 1) Step01 creating New GDG file(+), 2) Step02 Delete file(+), 3) Step03 create new GDG file with same file name What is the version for that file?
smile_hsm
- Aug 27th, 2008
New GDG file with same file name version will be gdg(+2).Reason:As the creation step is included in the same job so the version for the file that is deleted will be gdg(+1) and new file created will b...
neeraja
- Oct 9th, 2007
While creating we will give (+1) for step 1.Deleting the same file in step 2 using (+1)Creating another GDG(+2) because same file name.After the execution of the job,step 1 is current generation we ca...
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How do you skip a job and run step 1 and step3 ?
A job has 3 steps by name step1, step2, step3.if i don't want to execute step2, what i have to do.
prasenjit_in
- Sep 1st, 2008
Use COND=ONLY in step 2, so that only if step 1 fails then step 2 will be executed otherwise it will bypass step2 and move to step3.
sai mainframes
- Jun 16th, 2008
Hi,u have to give condition code at step 2.Condition code given by previous person is correct, and also some times it may go wrong.for example, if step i give a condition code of 1(for serach jobs)......
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How do you convert negative packed decimal number to positive PD using JCL?
prasenjit_in
- Sep 1st, 2008
You can use the edit mask provided by DFSORT.OUTREC FIELDS=(24,7,PD,EDIT=(T TTT TTT),SIGNS=( ,+))Hope that this is what you were looking for.
Rajeev Gupta
- Jul 12th, 2006
There is no provision in JCL to convert the sign, but you can write a sort step to change the sign and this sort step can be run in a JCL. What you would have to do to change the sign is to chang...
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CEEDUMP and SYSUDUMP
Hi, Can anybody please tell me what is the exact purpose of the CEEDUMP and SYSUDUMP and How effectively we can use them for the problem solving( abend handling)
kalpana manoharan
- Sep 18th, 2008
CEEDUMP:Common Execution Environment DUMPThe CEEDUMP run-time option is used to specify options to control the processing |of the Language Environment dump report CEEDUMP.SYSUDUMPProduces a dump of user areas. The dump is formatted, so that it can be printed directly.
prasenjit_in
- Sep 1st, 2008
These are the dumps which are used to check abends.These are very rarely used now -a-days beco'z there are many user friendly abend tools available.
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How to restart a job from the step of a cataloged procedure?
haiardhan
- Sep 30th, 2008
In environment division1) input - output section.2) configuration section.In data division1) File section.2) working-storage section.3) linkage section.4) report section.5) screen section.6) local-storage section.
gopu
- Jan 4th, 2007
For Eg :-A job is having 5 steps //------ job card-------- &nbs...
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JCL DD Statement
The step contains more than 3273 DD statements then what will happen the job if I submit..?
serken
- Dec 20th, 2008
The original question was about the number OF DD STATEMENTS, not(!) the number of JOB STEPS!
gskn4u
- May 16th, 2008
Maximum of 255 steps will be executed at once. but if you want to execute more then 255, then divide the jcl in parts. run the first JCL and after checking the return code run the next JCL within...
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What is AMP parameter and its use e.g. AMP='BUFNI=10,BUFND=10' means what?
memays
- Feb 18th, 2009
The AMP= parameter is only used for VSAM files and mainly affects performance.When VSAM files are defined via the DEFINE CLUSTER statement using IDCAMS, certain parameters describe the physical format...
Sudak_2008
- Oct 21st, 2008
Could you please tell why this AMP parameter is not always mandatory whenever we access a VSAM file? Because I sometimes see it is used with some VSAM files and sometimes not.
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What is a PROC? What is the difference between an instream and a catalogued PROC?
PROC stands for procedure. It is 'canned' JCL invoked by a PROC statement. An instream PROC is presented within the JCL; a catalogued PROC is referenced from a proclib partitioned dataset.
dhs01
- Apr 15th, 2009
I believe most give you the flavor of what it is. One of the main reasons for using a PROC is so that you can supply substitution variables. For example if you use a PROC to install software...
bwbalaji
- Jun 6th, 2008
PROC : It is nothing but a procedure that we used in the JCL . Instream procedure means it will be implicit with in the JCL statements like PERFORM statements in COBOL (means) - >&n...
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JCL Steps
How to Run same steps in a jcl 'n' number of time each time with different input files without repeating the steps n times?
dhs01
- Apr 15th, 2009
While this may not be an elegant solution, what I would do is to set up a PROC with a substitution variable. I would then invoke the PROC n times using n EXEC cards with the file override substitution.
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Space Identifier (ASID)
What is the name of the job that has an address space identifier (ASID) of one?
dhs01
- Apr 15th, 2009
ASID 1 is generally assigned to the master scheduler. Most shops will have the basically the same first 30 or so ASID tasks.
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Can we concatenate two Datasets having different LRECL? If yes, then how?
dhs01
- Apr 15th, 2009
The largest first rule is one that has not been applicable for awhile. At one time this was necessary because of buffer allocations. This is no longer required.
mainframeguru11
- Jun 10th, 2008
THE RULE FOR CONCATANATION IS 1. LRECL and RECORD FORMAT SHOULD BE SAME2. IF THE BLOCK SIZE IS DIFFERENT THEN LARGEST BLOCK SIZE DATASET SHOULD BE IN THE FIRST DSN NAME3. DATASET MAY RESIDE IN DIFFERENT DEVICE AND VOLUMES.
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What are the advantages of GDG?What is the diffrence between a GDG and a File?
dhs01
- Apr 15th, 2009
Basically a GDG is a catalog that will keep track of files. These files have names that conform to a certain standard. They can be generated and referenced using relative numbers. Existing versio...
serken
- Dec 20th, 2008
Actually the dataset names are created as followsX.Y.Z.G00001V00 X.Y.Z.G00002V00 X.Y.Z.G00003V00 X.Y.Z.G00004V00 X.Y.Z.G00005V00 X.Y.Z.G00006V00. . . . . . . . . etc up to the maximum number of genera...
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Describe the DD statement, its meaning, syntax and keywords?
The DD statement links the external dataset name (DSN) to the DDNAME coded within the executing program. It links the file names within the program code to the file names know to the MVS operating system. The syntax is // ddname DD DSN=dataset name. Other keywords after DSN are DISP, DCB, SPACE, etc.
dhs01
- Apr 15th, 2009
DD statement is the DATA DEFINITION Statement.It's function is to give a symbolic name to a file. This will allow a program to access a file through this name so that the file name may be cha...
Renuka Mudaliyar
- Apr 3rd, 2006
Its the Data Definition (DD) statement It should not exceed 8 charactersIt is normally the identifier name which we give in the cobol program to identify the that the trailing DSN is for the...
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How to by pass the step without cond parameter?
Alfredo Wagner
- Aug 1st, 2009
The step by pass without COND?occurs when- you code IF command- a previous STEP cancel- JCL ERROR occurs
Bibhu
- Mar 31st, 2006
Hi Siva, Its not that Disp=pass will solve the case. As Pass is used to pass the datatset from one step to another and not to pass the step itself.
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When a Step has ended with JCL error the data sets WOULD BE allocated?
ManFrame
- Nov 13th, 2009
No, If the JCL is ending with the JCL error no new dataset will be allocated but if the job is abending in that case it depends on the step count.Like if the job abends on step after which we are allo...
aripiralasubbu
- Apr 2nd, 2009
If JCL error occurs after the creation of data set statement in the step, then data set is created successfully, otherwise if error occurs before the creation of data set statement or creation statement then data set wont be created.
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