No of JOBS in one JCL

selvakumar_ms · New User Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 8

hi,
how many jobs jcl can hold at max?why?

anuradha · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:30 pm

hello selvakumar_ms,

i dont think there is limitatation for no of job cards in a jcl.but max steps each job can have is 255 only.

Thanks
Anu

joice · New User Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 4

8 jobs are possible

anuradha · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:33 am

hello joice,

Is that you mean to say one jcl can hold only 8 job cards.can you recheck it again please.

Thanks
Anu

bluebird · Active User Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Posts: 127

Job limitationfrom a jcl is only limited to the number of max JCL steps as you'd have to submit jobs thru steps.

and limitation of steps is 255.

rachel · New User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 13

Hi,
I think the correct answer is 15 jobs .
One job contains 255 steps as limitation.Therefore each of the 15 jobs can have a limitation of 255 steps.

priyesh.agrawal · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 9:08 pm

Dont know what is the max number.....But I successfully executed 17 jobs in a row.......

Regards,

Priyesh.

imcoolleo · New User Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 8

Hi,
I agree with Rachel.Maxm u can hv 15 Jobs and 255 steps in a Job.

Regards

Rohit

superk · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 5:52 pm

Do you have any proof or documentation to offer to back up your claim of only 15 jobs?

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1592

My guess is that the limit is dictated by the size of the Queues and/or Spool space used in submitting the jobs for execution, not the number of jobs.