Override in the procname(4) in the jcl

akashs · New User Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 49 Location: chennai

HI All,

i Have a jcl being called one proc that proc being called 4 more proc

See the hierarcy

Jobname-->porcname---->procname(4)..

want to make a override in the procname(4) in the jcl howcan i go ahead?

dick scherrer · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:14 am

Hello,

It is best to not nest PROCedures - if i understand what you are asking, you cannot do this.

You need to make a new proc4 and invoke this new PROC in this (hopefully) one-time job.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:45 pm

Being from a non-english background I cna understand that we've learned English as second language - so, I'll try to rephrase what you said:

"A(n) JCL executes a PROC (say PROC1). PROC1, in turn, executes four PROCs. You want to override some DDname in these four PROCs."

Is this correct?

If yes, Dick has correctly stated that it's about nested PROCs and you can't do this. However, you might consider, making the later four PROCs as in-stream PROCs and make the changes.

kumar32149 · New User Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 9 Location: India

dick and anuj both are correct...u can refer the rennedy book clearly mentioned about nested procs...not possible to override...only way we to test manually..

expat · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:01 pm

Actually it is possible if they are written correctly, I did test and post proof of this some time ago, but unfortunately this does involve a lot of forward planning.