Answer / fayazsha.,

//MYJOB JOB(P,U202,SH1),'FRANK SMITH',CLASS=A
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=PROGRAM1,SYSTEM=PROD,DEPT=INV,TYPE=DATA
//FILEIN DD DSNAME=&SYSTEM..&DEPT..&TYPE,DISP=SHR
//FILEOUT DD DSNAME=&SYSTEM..&DEPT..DATA,DISP=
(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// AVGREC=U,SPACE=(80,(100,20),RLSE),
// DCB=(LRECL=80,RECFM=FB)

A.Referring to the above coding, what is the effective
dataset name for the data definition FILEOUT?

PROD.INV.DATA

Here we are referring the symbolic variable with single &
Ampersand.

Answer / abha

Example: If symbolic parameter is defined as CLASS=H
and later on in JCL we use SYSOUT=&&CLASS

At runtime SYSOUT=&&CLASS will be relaced by SYSOUT=H.

Hence here we have used CLASS as a symbolic paramter and
its usage is to increase maintainability because if later
we need to change the class it can be changed just at one
place instead of changing it at all the palces of it's
usage.

Can a temporary dataset be converted to permanent dataset and vice-versa in the middle of a job ?

4 Answers   IBM,

---

shall we concordinate two different length dataset in to a new date set.

6 Answers  

---

How to code these statements in JCL: CLEANUP INITIAL(NO) RESTART(NO) DYNALLOC(NO) job definition..?

0 Answers  

---

I have 20 steps in a job... step01, 02....step17...step20. For some reason I want to execute step17 only if the return code for all the previous steps are less than or equal to 4. otherwise if return code for any of the previous 16 steps is greater than 4, then step17 should be bypassed. How do I do that ?? how and in which step should i formulate COND parameter

8 Answers  

---

explain concatinating datasets?

1 Answers  

---

Are there any set of rules for the names of the steps used in a job?

0 Answers  

---

What do you know about jcl?

0 Answers  

---

How different is the JCL executing a COBOL program? 1) if the program is using VB file as input. 2) if the program is using FB file as input.

1 Answers   HSBC,

---

Explain the function of //jcllib statement?

0 Answers  

---

If a job has 3 steps and step 1 and step 3 should get executed and step 2 should not get executed irrespective of the return code from the previous steps. How can it be done?

5 Answers   TCS,

---

in catalog procedure i have step1 dd dsn=filea dd dsn=fileb dd dsn=filec ur concatenaning all the files. but i need to override fileb with file 2 ? can anyone give the ans pls for ths

1 Answers   DELL,

---

How do you submit JCL via a Cobol program?

2 Answers   Cap Gemini,

---