Bud Gobbel

• Feb 24th, 2023

Can JOBLIB and JCLLIB appear in the same JCL Job?

neha

• Oct 4th, 2007

Joblib is a default load?library for all the jobsteps while jcclib is the loadlib that contains catalogued procedures.

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Chan

• Sep 7th, 2019

IEFBR14 utility is usually used to create an empty dataset or delete an existing dataset. The IEFBR14 is also called as dummy utility. It can also be used to check the syntax of your JCL without affe...

RAJESH

• Jun 11th, 2016

IEFBR14 is used to create one PS or PDS dataset with user specified parameter in programatically

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Why should we go for generations in GDG when the members in PDS can do the same work?

Chan

• Sep 7th, 2019

Generation Data Groups (GDGs) are group of datasets related to each other by a common name. All datasets have the same name(GDG base and its relative number) and is easy to keeps track of adding new ...

selkum.r

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• Jan 13th, 2011

What is the difference between maintaining our accounts in notebook and MS-excel? Excel makes the job easy for us. The same thing is with GDG. If you are maintaining your employees records. Each month...

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Chan

• Sep 7th, 2019

IEBGENER is used to copy ps to ps,
IEBCOPY is used to copy from pds to pds.
REPRO is used to copying from Sequential dateset to VSAM
date set and vice versa.

Tom Berg

• Jan 3rd, 2018

I wanted to know which utility (IDCAMS, IEBCOPY, IEBGENER) is the most efficient to copy big sequential FB file?

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Chan

• May 25th, 2019

1. Positional Parameters Should be coded in a specific sequence Separated by commas Omitted parameters indicated by a comma to indicate the positional nature Job statement consists of two positiona...

Ashish

• Feb 28th, 2018

M1[&Arg1,&Arg2,&Arg3] i.e marco declaration
{
ADD1 , &Arg1
ADD2 , &Arg2
ADD3 , &Arg3
}
MEND
M1 [DATA1 , DATA2 , DATA3 ] .


Syntax to use positional arguments
&Arg-Name,
Eg. &Arg1,

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Chan

• May 25th, 2019

IEFBR14 is used to create PS file. IEBCOPY is used to create PDS file. Example: //JOB statement //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY //DD1 DD DSN=,DIS...

serken

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• May 28th, 2017

PDS has absolutely nothing to do with folder. Those two are the terms from different worlds: mainframe vs. Windows/Unix/Android

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Chan

• May 25th, 2019

For manual creation, use the below command.
Enter into the PDS by typing E on the left side of the PDS name.
Then type S in the command line
example: S mem1
ex: s cobolpgm

manikanta

• Jan 30th, 2019

Type S (member name ) over the command line
ex: s cobolpgm

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How to remove ! containing records from a file using JCL. The data without ! is required in the output file.

shashank

• Feb 15th, 2018

Sort fields=copy
Outrec overlay(1:1,8,UFF)

The above code should work ,UFF remove junk character

Nagaraju

• May 23rd, 2017

Using DFSORT utility, In sort control card use OMIT COND.

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How to compare 2 data sets in Mainframe without using SUPERCE utility as the output is limited to 133 bytes for SUPERCE.

CodeBulls

• Nov 24th, 2017

Use File-Aid Comparison Instead. If SUPERCE is to be used, consider breaking the file into records of 133 bytes length by folding the records accordingly.

Ankita Raina

• Nov 18th, 2016

Use IEBCOMPR utility."jcl //TAPETAPE JOB ... // EXEC PGM=IEBCOMPR //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=A //SYSUT1 DD DSNAME=SET1,LABEL=(2,SUL),DISP=(OLD,KEEP), // ...

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How to Run same steps in a jcl 'n' number of time without repeating the steps n times?

CodeBulls

• Nov 24th, 2017

Put the Steps in a In-Stream PROC and repeat executing the PROC n times.

RAM

• Apr 25th, 2017

JCL with multiple jobcards will submit the JCL multiple times

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Bharath s

• Sep 14th, 2017

SORT FILEDS=COPY OUTFIL FILES=OUT,TRAILER1=(1:COUNT),REMOVECC,NODETAIL

Code
SORT FILEDS=COPY

OUTFIL FILES=OUT,TRAILER1=(1:COUNT),REMOVECC,NODETAIL

bharath s

• Sep 14th, 2017

//TOOLIN DD * COUNT FROM (IN) /*

Code
//TOOLIN DD *

  COUNT FROM (IN)

/*

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I have 10 steps in my job, how can i execute second step without executing first step, without using restart and commenting first step?

dhin

• Sep 4th, 2017

Using IEBEDIT utility

Nagaraju

• May 23rd, 2017

Using COND Parameter, cond parameter coded on step1 in these ways COND=ONLY

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I need to create delta file for a daily feed please let me know how to do it. even if there is a single character change in new file the new record should replace the old one. consider first 5 characters as a key parameter
example:
file-1
12345 abc dat1
12346 def dat2
12347 5ab ddd4

file-2
12345 abc dat1 --> same in both so no need of this record...

Nagaraju

• May 23rd, 2017

TIME=1440

Medha Agrawal

• Feb 16th, 2015

In JES2, default value TIME parameter for a job or a step is 10 seconds i.e; TIME=(0,10)

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Which spool command is used to release a job that has been submitted with HOLD option?

Nagaraju

• May 23rd, 2017

Using Line Command A.A mentioned in front of jobname in spool

AshwiniPriya

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• Sep 15th, 2010

"A" beside the job name in spool area

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Explain VSAM. Write a program to copy data from PDs to VSAM data set.

Nagaraju

• May 23rd, 2017

Vsam stands for Virtual storage access method. It is an interface between application program and direct access storage device. Program: //jobcard //step1 exec pgm=idcams //sysprint dd sysout=* ...

P MANIKRISHNA REDDY

• Jan 6th, 2016

using REPRO function to copy the data from pds to vsam syntax: //jobcard //setp1 exec pgm=idcams //dd1 dd dsn=fss244.mani.pds(m1),disp=shr //dd2 dd dsn=fss244.mani.ksds,disp=old //sysprint dd ...

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Indra kumar patle

• May 17th, 2017

Restart the job with step=step100

Priya

• Sep 14th, 2016

You can use restart option RESTART=100thStep-Name

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How do you verify whether a dataset is empty using a JCL?

serken

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• May 13th, 2017

In SORT (or SYNCSORT) only RC4 or RC16 are allowed for NULLOFL=
RC12 is not allowed

Nagaraju

• May 12th, 2017

Using IDCAMS along with PRINT parameter.
It returns 0 data available in file.
It returns 4 data not available in file

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Nagaraju

• May 12th, 2017

IEBEDIT

Akash

• Nov 18th, 2016

You can use the keyword DPRTY to set the priority of the particular step.
DPRTY = (value1)*16+(value2)

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How did you compress a pds? explain in detail?

Nagaraju

• May 12th, 2017

1. Using line command Z.
2. IEBCOPY

sai prasad

• Dec 17th, 2015

We can compress a partitioned data set in two ways 1)by using line command Z before data set 2)by using IEBCOPY Utility PROGRAM: //SHRDV08A JOB NOTIFY=&SYSUID //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY //SY...

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