>> You will see in Chapter 5, "Controlling the Execution of Transaction Programs", >> section "Specific Scheduler JCL Information for TP Profiles", that the JOB >> statement is required and that there is a specific section all about the >> &SYSUID variable.
>I think the question here is how much of the JCL conversion and >interpretation process happens as a result of running the ATBSDFMU >utility? Specifically, for an APPC/MVS transaction, when does MVS JCL >conversion take place? When does MVS JCL interpretation take place? I used to know a fair amount about this 20 years ago when MVS/APPC was in development, but seem to have forgotten a lot. Some code scanning suggests that JCL Conversion is done when a TP Profile is Added via ATBSDFMU for purposes of syntax checking only. Conversion is done again under FMH5 processing in the APPC address space when a transaction for that profile comes into the system. It looks like like the results of the conversion may be cached under some circumstances so that it does not need to be converted again for the next request. Maybe that has something to do with the presence of symbols. Jim Mulder z/OS System Test IBM Corp. Poughkeepsie, NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
