How many types of parameters are used in JCL and what are
mandatory parameters of JOB statement.
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Answer / srinivas
There are two types of parameters in JCL.Those are Key word
and Positional Parameters.For JOB statement ,
Key Word parameters are NTIFY ,CLASS,MSGCLASS,MSGLEVEL.
And Positional Parameters are ACCOUNTING
INFORMATION,ADDRESSSPACE.
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Answer / sharmila_g
All the parameters are divided into two types:-
1) positional parameters.
2) keyword parameters.
-- positional parametrs are mandatory.
-- keyword parameters are optional.
positional parameters at job level are :- accounting information, programers name.
keyword parmtrs are :- notify,class, msglvl, msgclass, typerun,prty.
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Answer / vaibhav
Two types of parameter used in JOB statement Positional
parameter and Keyword parameter.
Positional parameters are Job acconting information and
programmer name parameter.
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Answer / vijay
Two types of parameter used in JOB statement Positional
parameter and Keyword parameter.
For General ,Only NOTIFY Parameter(Keyword Parameter)is
Mandatory.Else are Optional.
But as per their own Company rules may some other Parameters
are to be set mandatory.
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Answer / jagan
Will anyone be able to share with us the mandatory
parameters in JOB stmt
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Answer / sunil
At job level we have 2 parameters those are
1) Positional Parameters (ACcounting information and
Programmer name)
2) Keyword parameters (CLASS,MSG CLASS, MSG
LEVEL,PRTY,COND,TYPERUN .. etc)
From the above positional parameters are mandatory , But
key word parameters are optional.
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Answer / guru
two types of parameters they are positional and keyword paramater.mandatory parameter for job stmt is &sysuid or terminal id.
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Answer / srinivas
There are two types of parameters
Positional & Keyword parameters
Positional parameters are mandatory(Accounting Information and
Programmer name)
Keyword parameters are Optional(Class,Notify,Msgclass,Msglevel,cond)
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Answer / gurugars
Ya as mentioned above those 2 are the types of parameter..
its purely installation dependent.so, none of them is
mandatory.
pl correct me if I'm wrong..
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