JCL (z/OS) - Coding Procedures and JES2 Control Statements 1.8

Duration

3 to 4 hours

Overview

Audience

Senior operators, application programmers, and system programmers who require an advanced knowledge of JCL.

Prerequisites

Completion of the courses "Scheduling Batch Jobs Using Different Data Set Types" and "Using JCL Statements to Identify and Resolve Batch Problems".

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify how procedures in batch processing are written and used
• Recognize the use of symbolic substitution in JCL
• Identify how batch output is controlled through JCL
• Identify how JES2 control statements are coded

Course Content

Working with Procedures

Procedure Fundamentals
Using In-Stream Procedures
Using Cataloged Procedures
Using the JCLLIB and SET Statements

Working with JCL Symbols in Procedures

Coding JCL Symbols
Assigning Values to JCL Symbols
Modifying Procedure Statements

Advanced Control of Output to JES

Using the OUTPUT Statement
Working with Output and JES

Using JES2 Control Statements

Issuing JES2 Control Statements Within A Job Stream

JCL (z/OS) - Coding Procedures and JES2 Control Statements Mastery Test