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kishpra

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:43 am
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Hi,

I need current date/system date to be a part of the dsn name in jcl as -

//DD1 DD DSN=file1.20140324.dat

Please assist.
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TheMFKid

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:15 pm
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kishpra wrote:


//DD1 DD DSN=file1.20140324.dat



Is your second DSN qualifier a valid one for a Mainframe DSN?

The rule says: Each qualifier must be 1-8 alphanumeric characters,the first alphabetic.
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TheMFKid

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:22 pm
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Have you looked if SET statement will be useful to you?.

Code:

//  SET DATE=D140324                   
//DD1 DD DSN=FILE1.&DATE..DAT,DISP=SHR
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kishpra

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:33 pm
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But I need a system date on daily basis as the file is created on a daily basis.
So I cant use a SET as I can't modify the jcl on daily basis.
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TheMFKid

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:55 pm
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You can have the SET statement inside an INCLUDE member, and update the include member to current date in the same JCL using either REXX or SORT.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:58 pm
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Try the below link.. to get help with EZACFSM1.

ibmmainframeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5322
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hailashwin

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:11 pm
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Could building a second job(Job B) with the required dataset name in the first job(Job A) and submit via INTRDR(submit Job B from Job A) be a possible solution?

Thanks,
Ashwin
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David Robinson

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:15 pm
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What scheduler do you use? Most if not all of them will have the ability to generate the current date and substitute it in to the JCL at run time.
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Rohit Umarjikar

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:28 am
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There are many examples already available over internet and this forum, you may wants to just give a right search.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 6:31 am
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Could building a second job(Job B) with the required dataset name in the first job(Job A) and submit via INTRDR(submit Job B from Job A) be a possible solution?


Yes , Right.
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kishpra

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:19 am
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Please help me with the example
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Rohit Umarjikar

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:41 am
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This would give you some examples,

ibmmainframes.com/about33161.html
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