kckinney

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• Sep 3rd, 2010

IDCAMS REPRO with LIKE //STEP01?? EXEC PGM=IDCAMS?????????? //SYSPRINT DD?? SYSOUT=*???????????????????????? //INFILE?? DD?? DSN=DATASET.OLD,?????????...

kckinney

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• Jun 8th, 2007

There are many ways, here's one - Allocate the duplicate DSN using BR14 and the LIKE parameter. Then GENER the existing dataset to the new dataset.You can also use IDCAMS to do this using REPRO instead of GENER.kk

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A symbolic is a PROC placeholder; the value for the symbolic is supplied when the PROC is invoked, eg. &symbol=value. An override replaces the PROC's statement with another one; it substitutes for the entire statement.

Gomathy

• Apr 8th, 2007

Symbolic parameters are placed in the EXEC statements , and during compilation of the JCL, will replace the value. A typical use of Symbolic variables is, we can write generic PROC to be executed in v...

Soumik Das

• Feb 20th, 2007

The symbolics of the PROC are the parameters specified in the PROC the overirde whereas are the arguements which change the parameters...like in a PROC say TREE you can specify ...// DSN = &TEST,w...

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RESTART is a JOB statement keyword. It is used to restart the job at a specified step rather than at the beginning.

sudhakar

• Sep 28th, 2007

Restart is a keyword which is used in mainframes to restart the perticular step in the job at not the begining

Saradha

• Oct 11th, 2005

RD=R (Restart, Checkpoint allowed)?  is to restart AUTOMATICALLY from the previous check point if the job abended  .  RD=RNC (Restart, No Checkpoints allowed) ?  job suppresse...

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COND specifies the conditions for executing the subsequent job step. The value after the COND= is compared to the return codes of the preceding steps and if the comparison is true, the step is bypassed. (If this answer confuses you, welcome to the club - memorize it and don't ask questions!)

sudhakar

• Sep 28th, 2007

In exec statement the condition is used for by-passing the perticular step through the condition,if COND=0 Its a successfull executionif COND=4 Its a warning if COND=8 Its a serious errorif COND=16 Its a fatal error.So that we can use this condition key word.

kckinney

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• May 25th, 2007

Use COND if you have to. Personally, I prefer IF THEN. This provides the beginning of object oriented programming practices to JCL.RTM,kk

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MVS now allows for an IF bracketed by an END IF around any job step to replace the COND= syntax. Again, if the IF statement is true, the step is bypassed.

Guest

• Jan 23rd, 2007

if it's true you fall thru (IBM wonked this up)://*--------------------------------------------------------------------//*     TERMINATE IF BAD CC FROM STEP10   ...

Anil Kumar Guggilam

• May 27th, 2006

Could you please give me the syntax... thanks

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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

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• 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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Data definition name is the eight character designation after the // of the DD statement. It matches the internal name specified in the steps executing program. In COBOL that's the name specified after the ASSIGN in the SELECT ASSIGN statement. Dataset name is the operating system (MVS) name for the file.

kckinney

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• Sep 7th, 2010

DD (or Data Definition) is an arbitrary 8 character file name that a program performs I/O to/from.This directly correlates to to the DD name as specified in your JCL.  If these two 8 character DD...

Soumik Das

• Feb 20th, 2007

The DD name is the logical 8 characters file name which alllows the pplication program to identify or tag the dataset.Whereas the DSN is the physical file name used by the MVS to identify the dataset....

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kckinney

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• May 22nd, 2007

COND is outdated. RTM and use IF THEN.

SWATI

• Apr 19th, 2007

1) The COND specifies condition for execution of subsequent job step depend on the return code from previous steps. 2) COND Can be coded in both JOB and EXEC statements. But COND written in EXEC stmt ...

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srikanth

• Sep 18th, 2011

Cataloging a dataset means all the details related to dataset like on which VOLUME and on which UNIT does the dataset reside is stored in a register when you mention CATLG in DISP parameter. So whenev...

kckinney

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• Jun 8th, 2007

A dataset can be allocated on a volume, but not cataloged. This means you will have to explicitly code the volser(s) and unit when trying to access the DSN in the future.(Note, this is not possible u...

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Eugene

• Mar 6th, 2006

FAVER is very good utility  as well as DFDSS. Both allow to work with entire cluster set (i.e, VSAM base cluster, Alternate indexes, Pathes).But the major advantage over REPRO is that you can exp...

Lazar Kaplansky

• Jan 18th, 2006

There is much faster way to do the same:- Use FAVER utility to take a back up (very fast).  It will contain data as well as all definitions (base cluster, AIX, path, all parameters)- XMIT da...

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prasenjit_in

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• 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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kckinney

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• Sep 3rd, 2010

If youre question is how to pull in all gens, simply code the GDG base without any absolute or relative reference.To search for a string in a dataset, you can use, DFSORT, ICETOOL, SAS, etc.  The...

Sanjay

• Feb 15th, 2007

As srilkrishy said if you want to search for 'aaa' the following would be the code..//**********************************************************************//*****THIS JCL WILL SEARCH THE STRING IN GI...

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VIDESH

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• May 12th, 2008

Checkpoint/restart is a technique to write a batch programme such that at: regulated moments (checkpoints), ·         the status of the programme is save...

kumar

• Oct 31st, 2006

thank you, harveyregards,kumar

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2chumma2

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• Dec 9th, 2009

If you are asking the program used in compile JCL , then the answer isIGYWCL .

kckinney

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• May 25th, 2007

Are you asking what program compiles COBOL? What version of COBOL?A simple compile is useless unless it's eventually LINKEDIT'd. Do you need to know that program too?RTM,kk

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Shamina Sharma

• Jul 24th, 2007

MSGCLASS is related to a specific output device to which messages are routed where as MSGLEVEL is used to specify the JCL and alocation messages which will be recorded in output device specifying by MSGCLASS.

Suganj

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• May 31st, 2007

Hi, Msgclass contains the information abt the JCL or COBOL ie it tells us where the output is send. whereas MSGlevel decribes the type of message to be sent.

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sreekumar.h

• Jul 5th, 2007

If the program get terminated abnormally abend occurseg://t210 job notify=t210,msg level=(1,1),//step1 exec pgm=ibegenger
see in this eg. abend occurs in between these two steps

mca.mainframe

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• Jun 22nd, 2007

The transaction was connected to another transaction in another CICS system via an IRC Link. this other transaction has abnormally terminated.correct the cause of the abend in the connected transaction.   

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Dmithunibm

• Jul 6th, 2007

DRFRRC00 is an IMS routine to execute IMS programs through JCLs.

Mithun Dey

• Jul 6th, 2007

DFSRRC00 is basically an IMS routine to run IMS DLI(Batch) & BMP(Batch Message Processing) Modules thorugh JCL.

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karansb

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• Jan 25th, 2008

 ICETOOL is a multi-purpose utility that allows you to use DFSORT's highly   efficient I/O and processing to perform multiple operations on one or more  data sets in a single j...

srinivas

• Aug 9th, 2007

As per my idea using ICETOOL we can generate reports with out Cobol program. Using files we can generate the report

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sunayana.sarangi

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• Aug 2nd, 2007

S0C9 reasons:while trying to edit or browse a PS dataset with LRECL=0, the File Manager abends with S0C9S0C2 : PRIVILEGED OPERATION EXCEPTION          ...

neha srivastav

• Jul 25th, 2007

 When we Try to access data outside your enclave (process), getting a SOC2 or S0C7 abend.

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kckinney

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• Sep 3rd, 2010

 FB datasets all have the same record length.  Programs that look for data in certain columns are likely to use FB datasets.  On the down side, there may be unused bytes on the end of e...

neeraja

• Oct 9th, 2007

In fixed length record, the record length is sum of all the record (length).In variable length record, the record size is maximum record length + 4bytes.

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