Search utility(3.14) using JCl and Cobol

RKS3 · New User Joined: 09 Jun 2017 Posts: 4 Location: India

Search utility(3.14) using JCl and Cobol.

Hello Guys -

I am planning to create a JCL(may use cobol program) which can be used to search a program in PDS library(Job,proc,control card) to find out the corresponding job,proc,control card so that the time will be saved when we search using 3.14(search utility) as we need to wait till it completes.

Input -> program name in sysin srchfor 'program name'
Ouput -> Program name , Job, Proc, Control card in a file

I tried with ISRSUPC utility using SRCHFOR with program name and could find, program name is used in control card with symbolic parameter. So how to proceed further to find out the job and proc.

Could you please share your thoughts on this or if you have any other easy solution which can solve all hurdles?

Note :
1-> control card name may not be same as program name
2-> Program name can be mentioned anywhere in control card : Ex : RUN PROGRAM(Program name) in case of db2
3-> How to find whether the program name is used in proc or in control card which is used in proc?

Appreciate your time.[/b]

steve-myers · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:46 pm

In these forums, Do not, ever, post the same query in multiple places. You will not get a response anywhere.

Robert Sample · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:55 am

RKS3 · New User Joined: 09 Jun 2017 Posts: 4 Location: India

Hi Robert

Time saving, I meant it will run as a batch job and I can do other task if it needs to search in multiple PDS. This is just one of the reason.

By just giving input as program name, I should get output with program name and corresponding proc n job .

And yes, there are many other possibilities of control card available in different library. I want to include all possibility . My question was whether it can be done in jcl ?

Thanks for your time.

Robert Sample · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 5:18 pm

ISPF 3.4 can be submitted as a batch job, so your reasons for doing this are STILL completely false.

What do you mean by "whether it can be done in jcl"? JCL does nothing but set up the environment for a program to execute -- sometimes the program is an application program, sometimes the program is a system utility such as DFSORT -- but JCL does NOTHING by itself (if you want to delete a data set, even, you run a system program called IEFBR14 to do that).

You are not likely to get help with your task on this, or any, forum since we see no reason to waste time reinventing tools that are already available.

daveporcelan · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 5:02 pm

This can be done, but is no 'easy' task. I know because I have done it.

Here is a quick outline of my steps.

1) Used XREFPLUS! to expand all Production Jobs. This process brings in all Procs and Control cards.

2) Used a series of Synsort steps to extract the important information from the excessive amount of JCL output created.

3) Used a series of home grown Rexx execs to further refine the data into a format that can be referenced by the end user.

This is 6+ months of work boiled down to three steps.

This process runs in batch twice monthly to keep the data relevant.

steve-myers · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 6:09 pm

Dave: what, pray tell, is XREFPLUS!?

daveporcelan · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:04 pm

This product is a JCL Cross Reference tool.

One of its abilities is to expand Jobs to bring in Procs, SYSIN and SYSTSIN input.

There are other products that do the same, I am sure.

Rohit Umarjikar · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:40 pm

RKS3 · New User Joined: 09 Jun 2017 Posts: 4 Location: India

Nic Clouston · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 3:37 pm

RKS,
Why ask Dave that? Do you have XREFPLUS installed at your place? If you do then you will access to the anuals and there will be samples in your workplace. If it is not installed then you will have to go to your System programmer's and ask them to buy it (I assume that it is not free) and install it. Buying it would then mean you have access to the manuals and samples and vendor support.

RKS3 · New User Joined: 09 Jun 2017 Posts: 4 Location: India

daveporcelan · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:13 pm

At one point, our company had considered ending our contract for XREFPLUS!

They had asked me to come up with alternative. I looked into CA JCLCHECK, which performs similar functionality. I looked possible, but with some difficulties. Then for whatever reason, they renewed the contract.

The point here is: you need a way of expanding Procs and resolving symbolic parameters. That is what these products are for.