JCL Command Quick Reference.

JCL Command Quick Reference.

Job Control Language (JCL) is used to tell the system what program to execute, followed by a description of program inputs and outputs. It is possible to submit JCL for batch processing or start a JCL procedure (PROC), which is considered a started task.

The details of JCL can be complicated but the general concepts are quite simple. Also, a small subset of JCL accounts for at least 90% of what is actually used.

Job control language (JCL) is a set of statements that you code to tell the z/OS® operating system about the work you want it to perform.

Although this set of statements is quite large, most jobs can be run using a very small subset. Below is list of important command.

Job Control Language Statements  Quick Reference.
Statement	Name	Purpose
// Command	JCL command	Enters an MVS system operator   command through the input       stream. The command statement is  used primarily by the operator.  Use the COMMAND statement       instead of the JCL command      statement.
// COMMAND	command	Specifies an MVS or JES command  that the system issues when the  JCL is converted. Use the       COMMAND statement instead of the  JCL command statement.
//* comment	comment	Contains comments. The comment  statement is used primarily to  document a program and its      resource requirements.
// CNTL	control	Marks the beginning of one or   more program control statements.
// DD	data definition	Identifies and describes a data  set.
/*	delimiter	Indicates the end of data placed  in the input stream.                                            Note: A user can designate any  two characters to be the        delimiter.
// ENDCNTL	end control	Marks the end of one or more    program control statements.
// EXEC	execute	Marks the beginning of a job    step; assigns a name to the     step; identifies the program or  the cataloged or in-stream      procedure to be executed in this  step.
//IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF	IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF  statement construct.	Specifies conditional execution tof job steps within a job.
// INCLUDE	include	Identifies a member of a        partitioned data set (PDS) or   partitioned data set extended   (PDSE) that contains JCL        statements to include in the job  stream.
// JCLLIB	JCL library	Identifies the libraries that   the system will search for:                                     °   INCLUDE groups              °   Procedures named in EXEC        statements.
// JOB	job	Marks the beginning of a job;   assigns a name to the job.
//	null	Marks the end of a job.
// OUTPUT	output JCL	Specifies the processing options  that the job entry subsystem is  to use for printing a sysout    data set.
// PEND	procedure end	Marks the end of an in-stream or  cataloged procedure.
// PROC	procedure	Marks the beginning of an       in-stream procedure and may mark  the beginning of a cataloged    procedure; assigns default      values to parameters defined in  the procedure.
// SET	set	Defines and assigns initial     values to symbolic parameters   used when processing JCL        statements. Changes or nullifies  the values assigned to symbolic  parameters.
// XMIT	transmit	Transmits input stream records  from one node to another.

Created with Artisteer