Job triggers to run one after the other

abdulrafi · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:06 pm

Hi,

I have job1, job2 and job3. How can I schedule these 3 jobs in test region to run one after the other. Is there any option in jcl by which I can do it myself.

expat · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:10 pm

Without even knowing which package you have installed, who knows.

As to the access so to do, you need to talk to your scheduling people, which is where you should have gone before even posting.

abdulrafi · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:42 pm

Thank you. let me check it up here with my scheduling team.

Nic Clouston · Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:53 pm

Otherwise you can add a tso step at the end of a job which would release the next job (given the appropriate commands/exec, of course!).

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:22 am

Hello,

Or add a step to the end of the first 2 jobs to submit the next job thru the Internal Reader (INTRDR). There are several topics in the forum that show the JCL for this.

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

Please be careful with that INTRDR stuff. Make double-sure that you have good condition code checking, AND you make sure you delete any files that need to be cleaned up.

The scheduling packages do all of that for you, but your job step will get an RC of 0 even if you got a "not cataloged 2" condition.

Akatsukami · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:34 am

Using a scheduler is the preferred solution. In addition to the suggestions already given, if your have a JES3 test system, you can create a DJC network.

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:06 am

Hello,

Akatsukami · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:52 pm

vasanthz · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:27 pm

A similar post of one JCL triggering another
ibmmainframes.com/post-6705.html