Executes a step only on last week of the month in the jcl

radhakrishnan82 · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:20 am

If there are 5 steps in a jcl, step 3 has to be run only if the JCL run date falls on the last week Friday of everymonth else the JCL should run step1,2,4 and 5 excluding step 3 on the first 3 week friday's of everymonth. Can this be done using OPC scheduler.

I know,in ca7, it can be done through job omit card and job include card before the start of the step3. But I am not sure about how to accomplish this thru OPC. Can anyone give me some details about it.

PeterHolland · Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:48 pm

For OPC you have to make two jobs, 1 for steps 1,2,4,5 and 1 for step 3.
In OPC you define 2 applications for the 2 jobs. Define run cycles and/or
periods for those 2 applications.

For details ask your TWS support or consult the manual :

Planning and Scheduling the Workload SH19-4546-01

radhakrishnan82 · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:59 am

Thanks, Peter. I didn't know this is the only way to accomplish such scenarios in OPC.

Tim Rock · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:53 am

TWS supplied variable "CDD" resolves to occurrence calendar day -- this code inserts STEP3 if cal. day is 25 thru 31:

//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//*
//*%OPC BEGIN ACTION=INCLUDE
//TESTDATE IF (&CDD > 24) THEN
//STEP3 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//TESTDAT1 ENDIF
//*%OPC END ACTION=INCLUDE
//*
//STEP4 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//STEP5 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14

gcicchet · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:40 pm

Hi Tim,

how does day 25 thru 31 satisfy months with less than 31 days ?

Although I'm confused with the request

PeterHolland · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:43 pm

Tim,

as far as i understood the TS :

step 3 has to be run only if the JCL run date falls on the last week Friday of every month

else step 1,2,4 and 5 excluding step 3 on the first 3 week friday's of every month

So for me that means that step 3 is not to be inserted.

Tim Rock · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:24 pm

my solution was a way to insert a jobstep only on a range of calendar dates.
There are other supplied variables that check which weekday it is.
It seems like with a combination of IF statements checking day and date you can tweak this to do whatever you need.