Which COND paramter will u use to execute the step only if
the previous step does not execute

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Which COND paramter will u use to execute the step only if the previous step does not execute..

Answer / girish kumar

cond=only

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Which COND paramter will u use to execute the step only if the previous step does not execute..

Answer / dutta

It is said that if step does not execute..it doesn't said that step execute abnormally.
so i think we must use Cond=EVEN.it says even if previous step excecute abnormally or normally then next step must execute.

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Which COND paramter will u use to execute the step only if the previous step does not execute..

Answer / y@$w@nth

//step01 EXEC PGM=prog1
//indd1 DD DSN=userid.sample.indataset1
//outdd2 DD DSN=userid.sample.outdataset1

//step02 EXEC PGM=prog1,COND=(0,EQ,STEP01,4,EQ,STEP01)
//indd2 DD DSN=userid.sample.indataset2
//outdd2 DD DSN=userid.sample.outdataset2

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