Ibm-jcl Tutorial

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What is JCL Tutorial?

IBM Job Control Language (JCL) is known as the command language of Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) used in operating System. JCL searches the executable program, required inputs and location of the input/output and informs the Operating System via Job control Statements.

Audience

This tutorial is targeted for software programmers who know the basic of computer programming language.

Prerequisites

The tutorial is helpful for the users who wish to learn job management and data management in a mainframe environment.

IBM-JCL Tutorial: List of Topics

• Job Control Statements
  • Jcl Statements
  • Jecl Statements
• Job Control Tasks
  • Entering Jobs
  • Processing Jobs
  • Requesting Resources
  • Task Charts
• Format Of Statements
  • Jcl Statement Fields
  • Parameter Field
  • Jes2 Control Statement Fields
  • Jes3 Control Statement Fields
  • Continuing Statements
• Syntax Of Parameters
  • Notation Used To Show Syntax
  • Character Sets
  • Syntax Notes
  • Backward References
• Procedures And Symbols
  • Cataloged And In-stream Procedures
  • Modifying Procedures
  • Nested Procedures
  • Using System Symbols And Jcl Symbols
• Started Tasks
  • Determining Whether To Use A Started Task
  • Determining The Source Jcl For The Started Task
  • Determining System Services For A Started Task
  • Coding The Jcl
  • Naming A Started Task (source Jcl Is A Job).
  • Setting Up Operator Education For Your Started Task
• Jcl Command Statement.
  • Command Statement Jcl
• Command Statement
  • Command Statement
• Comment Statement.
  • Comment Statement
• Cntl Statement
  • Cntl Statement
• Dd Statement
  • Dd Statement
  • * Parameter
  • Accode Parameter
  • Blksize Parameter
  • Ccsid Parameter Use
  • Data Parameter
  • Expdt Parameter
  • Fcb Parameter
  • Hold Parameter
  • Keylen Parameter
  • Label Parameter
  • Mgmtclas Parameter
  • Outlim Parameter
  • Path Parameter
  • Qname Parameter
  • Recfm Parameter
  • Secmodel Parameter
  • Term Parameter
  • Purpose Of Ucs Parameter
  • Volume Parameter
• Special Dd Statements
  • Ddname Parameter
  • Jobcat Dd Statement
  • Joblib Dd Statement
  • Stepcat Dd Statement
  • Steplib Dd Statement
  • Sysabend, Sysmdump, And Sysudump Dd Statements
  • Syschk Dd Statement
  • Sysckeov Dd Statement
  • Sysin Dd Statement
• Delimiter Statement
  • Delimiter Statement
• Endcntl Statement
  • Endcntl Statement
• Exec Statement
  • Exec Statement
  • Acct Parameter
  • What Is Addrspc Parameter
  • Ccsid Parameter Purpose
  • Cond Parameter
  • Dynamnbr Parameter
  • Memlimit Parameter
  • Parm Parameter
  • Perform Parameter
  • Pgm Parameter
  • Proc And Procedure Name Parameters
  • Rd Parameter Types
  • Region Parameter
  • Time Parameter
• If/then/else/endif Statement Construct
  • If Statement
• Include Statement
  • Include Statement
• Jcllib Statement
  • Jcllib Statement
• Job Statement
  • Job Statement
  • Accounting Information Parameter
  • Addrspc Parameter
  • Bytes Parameter
  • Cards Parameter
  • Ccsid Parameter Type
  • Class Parameter
  • Cond Parameter Type
  • Group Parameter
  • Jeslog Parameter
  • Lines Parameter
  • What Is Memlimit Parameter?
  • Msgclass Parameter
  • Msglevel Parameter
  • Notify Parameter
  • Pages Parameter
  • Password Parameter
  • Perform Parameter Type
  • Programmer's Name Parameter
  • Prty Parameter
  • Rd Parameter
  • Region Parameter Type
  • Restart Parameter
  • Seclabel Parameter
  • Schenv Parameter
  • Time Parameter Types
  • Typrun Parameter
  • User Parameter
• Null Statement
  • Null Statement
• Output Jcl Statement
  • Output Jcl Statement
  • Address Parameter
  • Building Parameter
  • Chars Parameter
  • Datack Parameter
  • Fcb Parameter Types
  • Groupid Parameter
  • Index Parameter
  • Jesds Parameter
  • Lindex Parameter
  • Modify Parameter
  • Name Parameter
  • Offsetxb Parameter
  • Pagedef Parameter
  • Resfmt Parameter
  • Sysarea Parameter
  • Threshld Parameter
  • Ucs Parameter Type
  • Writer Parameter
• Pend Statement
  • Pend Statement
• Proc Statement
  • Proc Statement
• Set Statement
  • Syntax Of Parameters
  • Dest Parameter
  • Dlm Parameter
  • Subchars Parameter
• Xmit Jcl Statement
  • Xmit Statement
  • What Is Dest Parameter
  • What Is Dlm Parameter
  • Subchars Parameter Types
• Jes2 Control Statements
  • Starting A System Task From A Console
  • Jes2 Command Statement
  • /*jobparm Statement
  • /*message Statement
  • /*netacct Statement
  • /*notify Statement
  • /*output Statement
  • /*priority Statement
  • /*route Statement
  • /*setup Statement
  • /*signoff Statement And Its Objectives
  • Purpose Of /*signon Statement
  • /*xeq Statement
  • /*xmit Statement
• Jes3 Control Statements
  • Defining Scheduling Environments
  • Jes3 Command Statement
  • //*dataset Statement
  • //*enddataset Statement
  • //*endprocess Statement
  • //*format Pr Statement
  • //*format Pu Statement
  • //*main Statement Purpose
  • //*net Statement
  • //*netacct Statement
  • //*operator Statement
  • //**pause Statement
  • //*process Statement
  • //*route Xeq Statement
  • Purpose Of /*signoff Statement
  • /*signon Statement