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gangas
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Hi,
in my jcl i given COND parameter in first step.
Ex:-
//Job1-------------
//step1-------cond=(0,lt)
//step2--------
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//step10
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what will happen if i submitted this job
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KAUSHIK RANGARAJAN
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Hi,
I think U will get a JCL ERROR.
Conditions are ment to be used if U have multiple Steps and cases where Exection of One Step depends On the Successfull completion of the other.
It will work if U give the Condition Command in the second step or Succedding steps.
Correct me if I am wrong.
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priyesh.agrawal
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Hi KAUSHIK,
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| I think U will get a JCL ERROR. |
It worked fine for me....
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Priyesh. |
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priyesh.agrawal
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I meant the job went fine for me....without any Error....
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Priyesh. |
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KAUSHIK RANGARAJAN
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Hi Priyesh,
I was under the thought that CONDITIONS can be used in case of Jobs having more than one step. How come this is possible? Can U Explain Please.
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priyesh.agrawal
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Hi KAUSHIK,
I was under the thought that CONDITIONS can be used in case of Jobs having more than one step
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Its not like that...
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.....I dont know....
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See ....Can you get a RC less than zero....If no....then the condition given is not going to stop the step1 to get executed...
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superk
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| Also, don't forget that the first step MUST execute (it cannot be bypassed unless the RESTART= parameter is used), so there is no benefit of coding a condition for the first step. |
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anuradha
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Just to add Somemore on Kevin's post
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| Conditions are ment to be used if U have multiple Steps and cases where Exection of One Step depends On the Successfull completion of the other. |
Yes Kaushik! Cond parameter is helpful for that. But if it is coded in the first step, as there are no previous steps, It can't validate any step. We will not get JCL error even. Coding Cond parameter in first step is just like coding the first step without any cond parameter.
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| See ....Can you get a RC less than zero....If no....then the condition given is not going to stop the step1 to get executed... |
Priyesh! looks you understood the COND parameter in other way round. If Cond=(0,LT) is coded in any step, then it will not look for the return codes less than zero. It will see if 0 is less than any of the previous steps return code, the current step should not be executed.
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in my jcl i given COND parameter in first step.
Ex:-
//Job1-------------
//step1-------cond=(0,lt)
//step2--------
---
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//step10
//
what will happen if i submitted this job |
Ganga! Hope now you understood what is the result. |
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priyesh.agrawal
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Thanks for the clarification ANU....
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Priyesh, |
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mmwife
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It looks like a case of "no harm, no foul".  |
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dneufarth
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from the JCL manual
"The system evaluates a COND parameter on the first EXEC statement in a job as false. However, you can use an IF statement before the first EXEC statement in a job to bypass the step."
Dave |
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