JCL Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

JCL Interview Questions

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Please give me the coding for converting VB to FB and FB to VB

HP,

3 19831

How can u know the current date using jcl?

iNautix, Wipro,

2 14211

What are the common keyword parameters in both job and exec statements

Cap Gemini,

4 14527

When will we need to specify Space parameter ?

Wipro,

3 7905

Can you delete the GDG base without deleting GDG generations ?

Cap Gemini,

7 23476

In how ways you can pass the data from Jcl to cobol ?

Cap Gemini, IBM,

3 19830

What is the use of IEBGENER ?

Cap Gemini, Wipro,

2 9550

how to execute the last 5 steps in jcl

Syntel,

2 7307

i want apply mainframe devolper with 3+ but i dont have that much of knowledge what isthe solution to get that much of knoweldge?

1 4607

how to convert a file form fixed Length to variable length?

Syntel,

2 15673

How to execute step2,step5,step7 of a proc of 10 steps? You are not allowed to change in JCL.

IBM,

3 14749

IN DFSORT sum fields=none is usec to remove duplicates.how to write the duplicates in another dataset?

2 13757

What are the common jcl syntax errors you get? This is not abends?

1 6375

How to resolve the error "WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED" I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem? I am using SYNCSORT with JOINKEYS to compare 2 files. I am Getting error - > WER488A JOIN CAPACITY EXCEEDED There are 2 files to be compared with about 2 million records each. LRECL is 3665. Can somebody give a pointer as to how to resolve this problem?

1 8583

a job have 5 steps and it will executes a proc which have 5steps in it. now i have to execute step3 only when step2 of proc executes successfully

3 7571

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WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99 VALUE 123.45. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. compiler : IGYGR1080-S A "VALUE" clause literal was not compatible with the data category o subject data item. The "VALUE" clause was discarded. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 77 W-A PIC 9(3)V99 VALUE 23.75. 77 W-B PIC ZZ9V99. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MOVE 123.45 TO W-B. MOVE W-A TO W-B. DISPLAY W-B. STOP RUN. 2375

1477

What is the purpose of dd?

1239

What are the utility programs in jcl?

1161

what are JCLLIB and STEPLIB in JCL?

1176

8583

Suppose I have a program in cobol name ”careerride” and want to execute the program by jcl. Specify the process?

1115

What methodology can be adapted to transfer data to a program that is coded using the exec statement?

1219

Is it possible to left uncode disp?

1206

I want to JCL sort for Non-COMP and COMP-3 fields SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,11,A,12,11,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS Length of comp bytes is 11 bytes which start at 6byte and 12 byte considering 11 bytes in comp-3 is 6 bytes. Can anyone tell if the above sort work SORT FIELDS=(1,5,A,6,6,A,12,6,A,19,1,A,20,1,A),FORMAT=BI,EQUALS does not works OK

1942

What is the purpose of disp parameter?

1122

When The Define Jcl Is Not Available, How Can You Get Information About A Vsam File's Organisation ?

1225

what happens in execution stage in job processing?

1145

what is use of dcb parameter in dd statement?

1306

Is condition checking possible in jcl? If yes, how?

1292

How to pass data to a program that is coded in an exec statement?

1335

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