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pjnithin

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:55 pm
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I need to abend a job based on the return code from some of the previous steps. So how can I call an abend routine direclt from jcl by checking the return code from some previous steps.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:01 pm
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COND= detailed in the JCL manual along with IF/THEN/ELSE
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:16 pm
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I need to abend a job based on the return code

Just curious to know why do you need to abend a job when you can bypass particular step(s) in a job based on the return-code(s) from previous steps.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:17 pm
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Hi,

Based on the return code of previous step, code a step to call a program that is not actually present in your library. It will cause S804 abend. I'm not sure that this is a standardized way of creating an abend.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:26 pm
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arcvns wrote:
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I need to abend a job based on the return code

Just curious to know why do you need to abend a job when you can bypass particular step(s) in a job based on the return-code(s) from previous steps.

Thanks,
Arun

Unfortunately a basic practice employed at quite a few sites icon_sad.gif
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:47 pm
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S.Selvakumar,

S804 would only occur if a module was invoked.

you should have said S806
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Selva-kumar

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:10 pm
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Ya. It will be S806. Sorry and Thanks Dick
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pjnithin

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:15 pm
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expat wrote:
COND= detailed in the JCL manual along with IF/THEN/ELSE


hi expat...where can i see this manual....i searched in forum; but couldn't find any..
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:36 pm
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there is this: publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/zoslnctr/v1r7/topic/com.ibm.zcourses.doc/com.ibm.zcourses.jcl.doc/com.ibm.zcourses.introjcl.doc/index.htm?noframes=true

as well as this:

publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/library

enter JCL hit enter and find the manual that corresponds to your systems JES type and version number.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:35 am
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Many shops have an in house version of a program that calls the abend macro and displays a user code. Easy way to halt scheduled group of jobs.
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Pedro

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:40 am
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where can i see this manual....i searched in forum; but couldn't find any..

It is at the very top of every page for this web site. It is white letters on gray background. Click on 'IBM Manuals'

Or you can look here: www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/r10pdf/
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dick scherrer

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:54 am
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Hello,

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Many shops have an in house version of a program that calls the abend macro and displays a user code. Easy way to halt scheduled group of jobs.
This also provides for generating a User abend (Unnnn) rather than forcing some phony system abend (Snnn). The result is the same (an abend), but User abends are far more managable.
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Anuj Dhawan

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:00 am
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Hi,

All the suggestions so far talk about a CALLable abend-routine, I was also using the same concept but now I got little curious - do we have any such utility/CALLable routine which can be executed right away in JCL instead of CALLing via a program written in some programming language.
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