Prepare a JCL generator Tool in Rexx

Deepthy Jose P · New User Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 40 Location: India

How to prepare a JCL generator Tool in Rexx? creating jobs based on a model Job.

expat · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:45 pm

Well, baased on the amount of useful information provided in your post, my initial and fascitious reply would be "Code it".

What exactly is it that you want to achieve and why ?

Deepthy Jose P · New User Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 40 Location: India

I require to generate a set of Jobs based on a model job. The differences will be in the Dtaset names and PSB names and Parms. I get this requirement quite often. Is it possible to code a JCL generator in REXX? If i code one for my current model job then i will have to code it again for the next model job as the location, the number etc of the datasets/parms differ in each set of jobs. is there some solution to code a single tool for this purpose?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:02 am

look at the ISPF file tailoring services...

the logic flow would be something like ( REXX driven )
display a panel
process the data entered
use file tailoring to generate the jcl from a skel
submit the job

here is a link to ispf manuals
http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/Shelves/ISPZPM61

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:02 pm

Hello,

If the jcl is the same except for those few items, why not create a PROCedure with symbolic parameterw and provide the specific values at run-time?