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Apurva Ghogale

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PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2024 3:44 pm
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Hi team ,

I am looking for some way where I can create datasets from Spool data. I want this to be done in batch mode every time I see my required jobs in spool.
I know XDC and other ways , but thats manual work. I need this to be automated or to be done in bacth mode.
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enrico-sorichetti

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PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2024 4:39 pm
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the usual way for the requirement is to change the jcl

write the output to a PS dataset

add one IEBGENER step to print the PS dataset

something like

Code:
//stepnm EXEC  PGM=yourpgm
//...      DD ...
//...      DD ...
//...      DD ...
//yourddn  DD DSN=thepsdataset,
//            ...
//            ...
//*
//print  EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSUT1   DD DSN=thepsdataset,
//            ...
//            ...
//SYSUT2   DD SYSOUT=*
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Willy Jensen

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PostPosted: Mon May 27, 2024 8:08 pm
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Seems to be a good candidate for the REXX/SDSF API. Check the SDSF Users Guide, there are a number of samples which you can combine. Or search this forum, there's bound to be some samples here too.
Suggested samples are STatus to detect new job output, and BROWSE to read a specific DDname.
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Apurva Ghogale

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2024 2:18 pm
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enrico-sorichetti wrote:
the usual way for the requirement is to change the jcl

write the output to a PS dataset

add one IEBGENER step to print the PS dataset

something like

Code:
//stepnm EXEC  PGM=yourpgm
//...      DD ...
//...      DD ...
//...      DD ...
//yourddn  DD DSN=thepsdataset,
//            ...
//            ...
//*
//print  EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSUT1   DD DSN=thepsdataset,
//            ...
//            ...
//SYSUT2   DD SYSOUT=*



I cannot have output write to my dataset as the jobs are owned by predecessor application team from another system. And they cannot change their way .They will write data to Spool and we have to pick it up from spool and convert to File so that our JCL can load in repository
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Apurva Ghogale

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2024 2:20 pm
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Willy Jensen wrote:
Seems to be a good candidate for the REXX/SDSF API. Check the SDSF Users Guide, there are a number of samples which you can combine. Or search this forum, there's bound to be some samples here too.
Suggested samples are STatus to detect new job output, and BROWSE to read a specific DDname.




I did check SDSF and found SDSFEXT utility. Do you know anything about this utility and its function? Can it be used in my requirement? I have never used this utility before hence asking.
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Joerg.Findeisen

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2024 2:29 pm
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Search this forum for samples already provided.
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Willy Jensen

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PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2024 10:15 pm
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"owned by predecessor application team from another system. And they cannot change their way"
They don't have to change their ways. Setup a STC or a long running batch job, with proper authorization.
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Pete Wilson

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PostPosted: Wed May 29, 2024 3:00 pm
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Most installations have sysout being managed into a repository by OEM software such as CAVIEW or suchlike rather than a bespoke method. Are you sure there's nothing like that installed?
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