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teja goud

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:07 am
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Hi to all,
recently i attend an interview , the interviewer asked me one question regarding time parameter,

in job step mentioned 10 , in step1 time mentioned 10 and in step2 time mentioned 20 , so in this case what will happen the job...

i said job time will override the step time ..is it correct or wrong
please give me the solutions

// job card ,......,....., Time=10
//step1 exec ............, time =10
//step2 exec.............. time =20

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Binop B

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:21 pm
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Hi Teja,

Am not very sure the "question" you have posted here is complete. Anyway a reference is given below which might help you understand the logic.

JCL TIME parameter in JOB and STEP
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teja goud

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:52 pm
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thanks binop,

actually the interviewer intention is the job ll abend or execute if it is successful how much time the job will take to execute .....









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Bill Woodger

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:58 pm
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how much time the job will take to execute


/mindreadinghat on

Three minutes eighteen seconds

/mindreadinghat off

The job cannot use more time, in total for all the steps, than the time specified on the JOB card.

The individual steps cannot use more time than any time specified on their EXEC card.

You can try out all the combinations you like for yourself by using small numbers of seconds (say, 2 and 1, or 1 and 2, or 3, 2 and 2 if you want to get creative and have two steps).
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teja goud

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:17 pm
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Thanks bill woodger,

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"The individual steps cannot use more time than any time specified on their EXEC card."


i think it is job card right , not in exec card,
so in my case the job will abend right ...?



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Binop B

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:24 pm
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Oh God .. Hope Bill is in a good mood today ... icon_cool.gif

teja goud wrote:
i think it is job card right , not in exec card,
so in my case the job will abend right ...?
Can u elaborate on how u came to this conclusion.

Please note that you have provided 'very very' little info.. and I still feel that you have not posted the "complete" question. and anyway based on what u have said so far - nobody can tell if it will ABEND or execute successfully.
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chaky

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:26 pm
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Yes, job will abend if it is taking more than 10 secs to execute both the steps. A step will take maximum time alocated on the step level, but the combined time taken for all the steps can not be more than the time on the job card.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:28 pm
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Also, did you attend the igate interview? it is a very common question over there for interview.
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teja goud

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:30 pm
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thanks chaky......
no no am not attended igate interview , i attended another company ......
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Bill Woodger

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:38 pm
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Am I not always, Binop?

The JOB, any steps in combination which can include only one step, cannot take more time than is specified on any time parameter on the JOB card.

An individual step, cannot take more time than anything specified on the Exec card.

If you have JOB with Time=(,1) and EXEC with Time=(,2) the step will abend (S322) if more than one second of CPU time is consumed, due to what it says on the JOB card. So, it doesn't get to the second part of what I say. It abends under the first condition, making the second irrelevant.

Edit: Opportunity to fix some typos.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:48 pm
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thanks to all
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Bill Woodger

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:08 pm
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Just try it and have done with it. Site standards probably dictate how you should use TIME at any given installation. TIME on EXEC greater than TIME on JOB is illogical, but not a JCL error.
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