Mehul Patel

• Dec 23rd, 2022

It does not work with SORT/SYNCSORT. It completes with RC=0 even if the input file is empty. Try to test it and surprise yourself. Happy learning!

KRISHNAMOHAN

• Jul 12th, 2019

HERE IF THE INPUT FILE DSNNAME IS DYNAMIC. Means I need to perform this step for 30 files . How??

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(which is used for insurance business developed by SOLCOP) what are the companies using this

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Geekshiraj  

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• Member Since Jul-2010 | Aug 25th, 2010

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INGENIUM is an online, real-time system and it is a high-performance, Web services-enabled policy administration system that scales to high-volume environments, providing robust, full-function processing for an extensive range of life and investment products.

INGENIUM provides comprehensive validation for combinations of insurance benefits and/or investment vehicles that can be sold and administered within a single policy contract.

Geekshiraj

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• Aug 25th, 2010

INGENIUM is an online, real-time system and it is a high-performance, Web services-enabled policy administration system that scales to high-volume environments, providing robust, full-function process...

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When navigating in MVS, How and when I need to use /m, /n, /m tickets?

Mathan

• Jan 16th, 2022

/n is used for next window of active mch application. /p for previous window. Not sure about /m

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What is the difference between Service class and initiator?

Debanjan Saha

• Sep 11th, 2019

Service Class essentially stands a particular class definition used by the WLM for started tasks or STCs which perform various transactions and operations. Whereas, initiators are the ones responsibl...

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Dhanasekaran

• Jun 12th, 2019

Group of JCL statements together and giving them a name is a procedure. Procedures are the pre-written segment of codes consisting of one or more JOB steps. By using procedures, the amount of JCL codi...

PADMA

• Apr 23rd, 2019

Can you please explain what is proc and why it is needed in writing code

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What is the meaning of full stop in COBOL? and if not given what will happen?

Maniyadav

• Mar 8th, 2018

It tells end of the sentence.

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MLI

• Oct 16th, 2017

1 Cylinder = 15 Tracks and 1 Track=192KB

aki88

• Apr 13th, 2016

The answer to 1 track = ? bytes, depends entirely on what type of DASD is being used.
If it is 3390 series DASD, then for models 1/2/3/9/, maximum data length/track = 56664 (bytes), and not 196608 bytes.

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How to concatenate 1000 gdg versions?

Ram

• Mar 15th, 2017

GDG limit is 255 gerations only
There no point we concatenation of 1000 versions as when it reaches 256 first generation automatically deleted.

Pratap Kumar Dalbehera

• Oct 26th, 2016

Now GDGE is the extended version of GDG which allows upto 999 versions and you can give the base name concatenate all GDG versions into one file

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What is a work file buffer?

Suud

• Dec 11th, 2016

Work file buffer is a memory area thru which main storage interact with I/O devices (DASD etc..)

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How to send SMS to mobile using only JCL (no REXX or other language)?
Write a JCL code to trigger an email whenever a JOB failed with “JCL ERROR”.

MOHAMMAD AKIM HASSAN

• Nov 29th, 2016

Thanks for this code Ramalingam. The code goes with MAXCC 00, however the message is not being received on the mobile. Is there anything else which needs to be done?

ramalingam

• Oct 12th, 2016

/********************************************************************** //STEP0001 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //********************************************************************** //*$ SEND SMS TO A MOBILE ...

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kautuk

• Nov 21st, 2016

It was going to be achieved by IEBEDIT utility program. You can include the step for which you want to run with respect to multiple steps and if you also want to exclude any specific step in the JCL y...

praveen_s

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• Apr 5th, 2012

Yes.. we can exec a particular job using IKJEFT01 utility. A single job can have any number of jobs and 1 job can trigger another job..

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Jack Hartley

• Sep 12th, 2016

FBA = Fixed Block Attribute. The mainframe uses EBCIDIC not ANSI. Attribute means it has print attributes in column 1.

Chandan Saha

• Mar 31st, 2015

Fixed Block Architecture is an IBM term for hard disk drive in which each addressable block on the disk size has the same size

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NJ

• Aug 7th, 2016

Could you please elaborate more on how to check error record and skip for SOC7. Is there quick solution to skip these records

gurukanth

• Sep 4th, 2015

Hi Srinivasulu. you are right. Also, you can find the error record. you can get the error record from ABENDAID. Search for Current record in ABENDAID and locate that record in Input file. In productio...

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Abena Essel

• May 28th, 2016

What command is used to show list of userid using pie

MUNNNABHAI

• Nov 13th, 2006

COMMAND IS JUSTMAPME*&#

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Can anyone explain Setting maxcc=0 means applies only for non zero max.code or for anything irrespective of the max.code?

If the step return MAXCC=0, then setting maxcc=0 will work?

Maitree

• May 22nd, 2016

The question seems to be confusing.. Sometimes we set the maxcc to 0 even if the job fails (rc of a job can always be GE 0) If we decide to do this through JCL, we can use the utility IDCAMS.. // ...

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What is NULL value in JCL?

Tushar K Das

• Mar 31st, 2016

"//" is the way you declare a Null in JCL
When you use a Null Statement i JCL that means the job will terminate there itself.

N.B: You cant use null statement in PROC.

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Kirthika

• Mar 3rd, 2016

1.2 bytes 2.Null Indicator is one statement to specify the value of null and not null ..three possible null indicator values 0 - not null which is zero -1 - null -2 - it can be any data Example o...

chandan saha

• Sep 3rd, 2015

1. It will contains 2 bytes. 2. Null means the field type is defined but its empty. The field does not contain any value. If any field defined as not null means we cant keep that field without any val...

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How to change the key field in a VSAM file?

velu

• Sep 13th, 2015

VSAM files Key definition can be changed. But, you have to delete the vsam file and define it with again with same name (index) and the new values in KEY option.

suvendra mishra

• Jun 26th, 2015

You can use ALTER command

//sysin DD *
ALTER (vsam dataset) -
addressspace(n) -
cisz(4096) -
key(6,0)

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What is Claims Processing? How it is done in real time process? Can you explain briefly?

In Cobol, Why we have to give one blank space between program-id and program name?

PK.Ganapathy

• Jan 7th, 2015

That is the syntax of the language. Why do we begin English sentences with a capital letter?

That is how we are taught.

In the same way, you need a space.

tag_tushar

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• Aug 19th, 2010

It's not nessary to give a space after PROGRAM-ID & before program name because every COBOL statement ends with a period (.) which signifies the end of a statement. If you do not give space be...

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