Only to execute STEP100

swapnadeep.ganguly · Active User Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 203 Location: India

Hi,

In an interview I was asked following question:

There is a job that contains 200 steps. It is required to execute only the 100th Step. How can this be done?

I have the idea about how to restart the job from STEP100 by using RESTART=STEP100. But how can we by pass the remaining steps (i.e. STEP101 to STEP200)???

Its a bad method to used DSN=DUMMY and over ride the remaining steps. Is there any short method?

expat · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:34 pm

Ho hummm, this has been asked so many times before.

Restart at the required step and code COND=(0,LE) on the jobcard.

swapnadeep.ganguly · Active User Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 203 Location: India

But are we to code this COND=(0,LE) for all the steps?

Arun Raj · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:45 pm

swapnadeep.ganguly,

gcicchet · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:57 pm

I can't wait for the next reply

Gerry

swapnadeep.ganguly · Active User Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 203 Location: India

Hi,

I think there is some issue with my computer for which the same reply is being posted two times.

Moderator can you please remove one of the replies.

This is creating a bit of confusion.

gcicchet · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:59 pm

Also I'm assuming Mr Ganguly didn't do well with his interview.

Gerry

swapnadeep.ganguly · Active User Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 203 Location: India

Gerry,

That's not the issue... This was one of the questions on which I faltered... For that reason to have my knowledge enhanched, I posted the same question in the forum....

Manuneedhi K · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:05 pm

I think you are missing the point here.

You jobcard must include this to run just the step100
RESTART=STEP100,COND=(0,LE)

swapnadeep.ganguly · Active User Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 203 Location: India

Thanks Manu.

Manuneedhi K · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:07 pm

Oops.. Please ignore my post . I was referring to the double post and only now saw you clarifying that it wasn't done deliberately.

vishal_arora · New User Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 16

One more easy way :

1. On the jobcard put RESTART=STEP100 and after STEP100 put a // so next steps will not get executed.

2. On STEP100 put a label as .A on the Num being displayed.
Then do SUB .A . This will ensure only step100 will execute.

swapnadeep.ganguly · Active User Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 203 Location: India

Hi Vishal,

We are not to make any changes in the PROC. What ever changes that we are doing, we can update the Job card that we are using....

Arun Raj · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:17 pm

Swapnadeep,

The below link might be of some help.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v1r9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.zos.r9.ieab500/iea2b54086.htm

Thanks,
Arun

expat · Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:59 pm

Just for clarification, by coding COND=(0,LE) on the JOBCARD this will apply that particular condition checking for every step within the job, except for the first step or the step from where a restart was executed.

gvel19 · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:11 pm

Hi Swapnadeep,

Write a new jcl using PGM=IEBEDIT and mention the input file (which has got 200 steps) and under the SYSIN mention the following

INCLUDE COND=(STEP100)

Then run the new job. Now your job will invoke only STEP100 and only that step will get executed.

Thanks,
Velmurugan G

gcicchet · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:00 am

Hi,

I have some questions regarding IEBEDIT

How do you extract the step from a PROC ?

Also IEBEDIT does not handle IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF very well when selecting a STEP or STEPS.

It leaves the ENDIF statement hanging without the IF statement.

Gerry

gvel19 · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:38 pm

I have a JCL which 200 steps. How do I execute 100 th step
alone.

//STEP001 EXEC PGM=IEBEDIT
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSUT1 DD DSN=XXX.GENERAL.STUDY(TEST001),DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=(A,INTRDR)
//SYSIN DD *
EDIT TYPE=INCLUDE,STEPNAME=(STEP100)/*

expat · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:02 pm

gvel19

I believe that your job will not extract the required from the procedure.

Please post you sucessful output.