JCL - Is there a way to have repeat logic in JCL code?

sivaplv · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:57 pm

Hi,

I need to perform cretain sequence of JCL steps until certain condition code is received. Is there a way out?

Thanks,
Siva.

kavi · New User Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

You can use

// IF <stepname>.RC = 0 THEN
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=XXX
// ELSE
//STEP2 EXEC PG=YYY
// END-IF
//

sivaplv · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:15 pm

Hi Kavi,

I am not looking for IF ....ELSE way, since I need to loop may JCL steps until the certain RC condition is met. Looking for something like PERFORM UNTIL or DO WHILE, to enclose a sequence of steps together that need be executed in that loop.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

sivaplv · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:59 am

Hi,

Can somebody, please, advise on this one? If there is no solution within JCL, then I will try to use REXX to create dynamic JCL to solve this problem.

Thanks,

Prandip · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:01 pm

No, not within a single job. You would have to logically repeat the submission of the entire job until your control criteria was met.

For more information on MVS JCL, please revire the "z/OS MVS JCL Reference":

publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2B650/CCONTENTS?DT=20040712170508

sivaplv · Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:01 pm

Hi Prandip,

Thanks for your reply.

Hi Moderator,

Please mark this as SOLVED.

Regards,