How to exeute first 50 steps in a job

tamminenisidhartha · New User Joined: 31 Oct 2012 Posts: 43 Location: INDIA

Hi all.

I am trying to execute a job which has 100 steps.
What if I want to execute only first 50 steps in the job and not execute the last 50 steps.
Is there any parameter for that ?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Sidhartha T

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:49 am

NO...
You will have to modify the JCL itself, the modifications extent will depend on how the JCL was originally written

for a once only run the fastest would be edit the JCL and delete the unwanted steps

also learn to pay attention to what You post
in the title You ask how to execute the last 50 steps ...
in the body of the question You ask how to execute the first 50 steps

sloppy posting will make people ignore Your questions

tamminenisidhartha · New User Joined: 31 Oct 2012 Posts: 43 Location: INDIA

Sorry Enrico Sorichetti,
It was a mistake.
I want to execute the first 50 steps only.
Is there any parameter that needs to be given in the job card ?

Title corrected

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:31 pm

This has been posted many times in the Forum, please search the Forum.

On the other hand, apart from what Enrico has suggested - have you tried IEBEDIT?

Another solution might be... and because it's first 50-steps - put label ".A" at first line-number and ".B" at the end of step50 then at command line

PeterHolland · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:31 pm

Put a /*EOF after step 50.

David Robinson · Active User Joined: 21 Dec 2011 Posts: 199 Location: UK

There are a number of options which may or may not be suitable for your needs. None are as easy as you would like (a STOP statement perhaps) and each have their own drawbacks, you will have to decide which is best for your situation.

1) If you can update the proc, add an EOF marker as Peter has suggested. This can be simply // with nothing else after it.
2) If not, copy the proc to a different library that you can update and add a JCLLIB statement to the jobcard
3) Copy the proc to the jobcard, amend it and add a PEND statement
4) Add an over-ride on the jobcard to STEP51 that introduces an error, eg; a dataset that does not exist.
5) Code a COND.stepname=(0,LE) after the EXEC PROC statement. Might be tedious for 50 steps though.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:50 pm

Actually, this 'issue' has been debated to death on this Forum and I'd still like to re-state in the hope to know it from OP:

don.leahy · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:50 pm

Another variation:

1.use the ISPF editor to Exclude the steps that you do not want to execute.
2. SUB NX This command will submit the non-excluded lines.

I find this to be a bit easier than the "SUB .A .B" technique.

Or, go into View, delete the steps that you don't want to execute, then SUB the lines that are left. With View, as opposed to Edit, there is no danger of accidentally saving your temporary changes. Been There, Done That.

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:36 pm

Good one Ed, ditto!

Gary McDowell · Active User Joined: 15 Oct 2012 Posts: 139 Location: USA

Very easy...

After the 50th step, add // which will end the job.

For example...
//STEP1
//STEP2
...
//STEP50
//
//STEP51 {remaining steps will not execure with "//" above}
...
//STEP100