On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 14:07:20 -0400, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Someone asked me the question, and since we are having a good discussion, I thought I would throw this out to the collective wisdom here. > >If there is a job with 200+ steps. Is it better to have region coded at the JOBCARD level or the STEP Level? > >I have heard various thoughts on this over the years and I am hoping for some better clarification other than >I think I remember that .... > > >Lizette The less JCL coding, the better. And if you have system-exits that force such limits, coding a value may have no impact. Or if you have such small default-value defined for jobs, that could also have in impact -- for example, the minimum REGION required for a particular SAS conversion required a JCL change, however instead the JCL parameter was removed altogether. However, do consider that 'assigned" JOB-level REGION, sets the max limit for any subordinate job-step, unless an exit gets involved. Scott Barry SBBWorks, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
