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gkanthavel

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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:36 am
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All,

How to run a single proc n times in a jcl. it should have only one step.

For example:

//jobname job .........
//step1 exec abc
//

Here, i want to run this ABC proc n times. how can i do that?
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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:11 pm
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How to run a single proc n times in a jcl. it should have only one step.

Have you thoght of coding the EXEC statement multiple times - once for each time that you want to run it.

Would I be cynical if I mentioned HOMEWORK here ?
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pcoreddy

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PostPosted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:44 pm
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tell me your exact requirement

without changing anything why do you want to run the same proc n times?



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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2007 8:09 pm
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Hi,

I can think of one situation where you can make your JCL/PROC dataset-triggered. n-times datasets comes in, n-times job has to execute.
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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2007 8:15 pm
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How to run a single proc n times in a jcl. it should have only one step.

Could you please elaborate on this requirement of only having one step.
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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:47 am
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Hello,

If this is an interview question or homework, please let us know so that this topic can be relocated to the proper part of the forums.

If this is something you have been required to do at work, please explain why there is such a requirement.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:40 am
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Hi,

It may be a practical problem, I can relate it with a typical A[/a]ccount [b]Recievale (AR) system. Where (at submitter end) Submission System is required to XCOM or send every submission to some other System or sub-system to process those file/s.

Still, I can just assume.

gkanthavel, Please let us know the origin of this question, we cant read your mind from here.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:06 pm
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anuj_model wrote:
Hi,

.., I can relate it with a typical A[/a]ccount [b]Recievale (AR) system. ..


Please read the above as :
Account Receivable(AR)
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2007 12:23 pm
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hmm..I dont know why the previous post came 3 times..!!
I dont know the reason behind icon_sad.gif , I am sorry. icon_neutral.gif

(Here is a request:
Moderator/Admin, please provide some delete-button to avoid such situations)
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PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:26 pm
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Hey Thanks Moderator/s for deleting extra posts. icon_smile.gif
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PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:36 pm
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gkanthavel

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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:27 pm
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Its an interview question. is it possible? i think its possible.

the question is:

you have written a job name is ABC which invokes same proc three times. The proc name is XYZ. the proc has 3 steps. when the job runs, it got abended in step 2 of the first proc. how do you ask the production people to restart the job?
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PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:35 pm
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how do you ask the production people to restart the job?

Very nicely icon_biggrin.gif icon_biggrin.gif icon_biggrin.gif

That depends on how you have named each proc

//PROC1 EXEC XYZ
//PROC2 EXEC XYZ
//PROC3 EXEC XYZ
Would be an easy restart, but

//PROC EXEC XYZ
//PROC EXEC XYZ
//PROC EXEC XYZ
May be a bit more fun................................
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