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itdsen · Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 17 Location: Chennai

I want to execute third step only, without changing jcl.

Is there any command while submitting job.

don't use IEBEDIT and Restart function.

expat

itdsen wrote: I want to execute third step only, without changing jcl.

Is there any command while submitting job.

don't use IEBEDIT and Restart function.
Third step of what, a job stream or a procedure ?
- How are we supposed to know this without you telling us ?

Why not use IEBEDIT, that is exactly why it is there ?

Have you considered conditional execution of all steps ?

enrico-sorichetti · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 2565 Location: italy

the issue has been debated to death, and has become quite boring...
look at the faq for topics not eligible for discussion

mmwife · Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1481

It's somewhat of a trick ques. Restart at the step you want and code (or change) the Job card COND stmt to read COND=(0,LE)

The Job card COND o'rides all step CONDs.
COND isn't checked for the 1st step execed, so ithe restart step execs.
No matter what COND the restarted step passes after it execs, the Job COND tests for the following steps won't pass.

dick scherrer · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 7470 Location: 221 B Baker St

Hi Jack,

Yup, that's what a bunch of us would do. . .

Unfortunately, this is one of those "restricted" requests - can't use RESTART or IEBEDIT. . .

Wish i could get paid to make up that kind of "requirement". . . With my flair for nonsense. . . Such a shame that there is so much of it going around.

mmwife · Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1481

Quote: don't use IEBEDIT and Restart function. I must be getting old(...er) - I don't remember seeing that. Oh well.

gcicchet · Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 445

Hi Jack,
I'm with you, I don't remember seeing that as well and I don't like this getting old(er) bit. :lol:

Expat mentioned the use of IEBEDIT which I'm sure he would not have suggested if the non use of it had been mentioned.

I sometimes don't really understand all these restrictions, I don't know how you can submit the same JCL and expect it to start from step3 without amending anything.

Gerry

stodolas · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 646 Location: Wisconsin

How do I exec only step 10 in job 13 in a 24 job stream to trigger job 14 but I can't view the JCL so I can't know the name of the step? I can only tell a blind monkey which keys to press and he has a 5% error rate on keystrokes.

Can you please help me?

gcicchet · Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 445

Hi,

Here is another one for you, how long is a piece of string ?

Gerry

dick scherrer · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 7470 Location: 221 B Baker St

Hello,

Quote: I don't like this getting old(er) bit. As a (very) young lady said to me one evening, "Don't you mind getting so much older?". My reply was, "Dear, dear Amy, it beats the alternative".

Quote: Why not use IEBEDIT, that is exactly why it is there ? I believe that was an Expat rebuttal. . . :wink:

Quote: Can you please help me? Possibly, we have received a positive response from most of the Jumble Queueing and Alternative System Scheduling (JQASS) committee that we should have a recommendation by the end of the month. Now to decide which month. Someone did suggest it would be more quickly implemented if the number of jobs was some power of 2 rather than 24.

expat · Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:23 am Post subject:

stodolas wrote: How do I exec only step 10 in job 13 in a 24 job stream to trigger job 14 but I can't view the JCL so I can't know the name of the step? I can only tell a blind monkey which keys to press and he has a 5% error rate on keystrokes.

Can you please help me?
IEBEDIT should do the trick :D

dick scherrer · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 7470 Location: 221 B Baker St

Quote: IEBEDIT should do the trick Or ICEEDIT, the new (not yet announced) component of DFSORT/ICETOOL. This new utility automagically supports/allows many of this type of requirement.

Wiith no changes to (or overrides of) existing JCL, control statements, or scheduling definitions, steps may be run in any order, run multiple times in the same job, skipped, or once runnng made to wait on the completion/occurrence of event. All of this is done under voice control rather than keyboard/mouse.

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enrico-sorichetti · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 2565 Location: italy

Quote: Wiith no changes to (or overrides of) existing JCL, control statements, or scheduling definitions, steps may be run in any order, run multiple times in the same job, skipped, or once runnng made to wait on the completion/occurrence of event. All of this is done under voice control rather than keyboard/mouse.

I am still convinced that 99.99% of the tasks debated around her can be carried on by
the IEHPROPHET utility ( V1 for flat file management )
let' s wait for the announced V2 for universal data base management features

no jcl, no control cards, think about a task and IEHPROPHET will accomplish it

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Aaru · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 1004 Location: Chennai - India

itdsen,

you there?

Quote: don't use IEBEDIT and Restart function.

what exactly is the reason for not using the above 2 functions?