JCL – Advanced VSE Job Control

Duration

4 - 5 hours

Overview

Audience

Operators, Programmers and other Personnel, who need to use JCL for their job requirement.

Prerequisites

Solid knowledge of the VSE and the Operating System and completion of Datatrain’s JCL – Basic VSE Job Control course or similar

Objectives

After completing this course, the student should be able to -
  • Understand the function of JCL
  • Be familiar with the different parameters and the options that can be used with JCL
  • Use the correct format when coding parameters
  • Use JCL statements to select the job attributes required
  • Recognize Return Codes and their values
  • Understand the use of symbolic parameters

Course Content

Module 1 STANDARD LABELS

  • Standard Labels
  • External and Internal Labels
  • VOL1 Label Information Area
  • LSERV
  • Standard Labels and Operands

Module 2 THE LIBDEF & LIBDROP STATEMENTS

  • The functions of the LIBDEF Statement
  • Search Chain
  • LIBDEF Operands
  • The functions of the LIBDROP Statement
  • LIBDROP Operands
  • The functions and Operands of the LIBLIST Statement

Module 3 CODING A JOB STREAM

  • How to code a Job Stream, step by step, with instructions

Module 4 CODING A JOB STREAM TO EXECUTE A PROGRAM

  • Coding a Job Stream to execute a program
  • Components of a Job Stream
  • JCL, Job Step, JCP, Exec Statement, /&, JECL
  • Submitting Jobs
  • Executing a Program
  • Online / Batch Processing

    Module 5 CONDITIONAL JCL

    • GOTO Statement
    • LABEL Statement
    • ON Statement
    • IF Statement
    • SETPARM Statement
    • Symbolic Parameters
    • Return Codes
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