OA55138: SYSJOBID AND SYSJOBNM INCORRECTLY DOCUMENTED IN THE MVS JCL REFERENCE V2R3
On page 50 of the MVS JCL Reference V2R3 under section "Using the SYSUID system symbol" is the following statement referring to SYSUID, SYSJOBNM and SYSJOBID: "These symbols are available to JCL and can be used in in-stream datasets, and are exported to the running address space." The statement is misleading because it implies SYSJOBNM and SYSJOBID can be used in in-stream datasets without an implicit EXPORT/SET statement like SYSUID. This is not the case. When SYSJOBNM/SYSJOBID are used in-stream without being exported, it will result in the literal words "&SYSJOBNM" and "&SYSJOBID" appearing in-stream, with no substitution. Thank You and Please Be Safe! Len Sasso Systems Administrator Senior CSRA, A General Dynamics Information Technology Company 327 Columbia TPKE Rensselaer, NY 12144 TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More Office Hours: M-F 7 AM - 3:45 PM Vacation: Phone: (518) 257-4209 Cell: (518) 894-0879 Fax: (518) 257-4300 len.sa...@gdit.com URL: www.gdit.com<http://www.gdit.com/> ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Steve Smith <sasd...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2022 2:03 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: IEBGENER and JES System Symbol [External: Use caution with links & attachments] &SYSJOBNM isn't a system symbol. It's a JES2 symbol. &JOBNAME should work for this purpose, I use it. The other is for JCL (only, it seems) where &JOBNAME usually resolves to "JES2". sas On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 1:15 PM Sasso, Len < 0000039db7f8412a-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > &SYSJOBNM - JES System Symbol (Name of the job - SASSTEST) > &LYR4 &LMON &LDAY - Dynamic System Symbols > > According to IBM, I should be able to use (substitute) the values of these > symbols into the In-Stream Data, > if I code "SYMBOLS=EXECSYS" on the DD Statement. > Below is a PROC and Pend executing IEBGENER and the contents of the output > file: > > JOBNAME: &SYSJOBNM > &SYSJOBNM._D20221111.ZIP > > Question: Why wasn't the value of the JES System Symbol (SASSTEST) > substituted in the two records, but the values of the Dynamic System > Symbols were substituted? > Any help would be appreciated. > > > //SASSTEST JOB OPS,'TEST',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=X > //* > //COPYPROC PROC > //* > //PS0010 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER > //SYSIN DD DUMMY > //SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //* > //SYSUT1 DD DUMMY > //* > //SYSUT2 DD UNIT=DISK,SPACE=(TRK,(1,1),RLSE), > // DISP=(,CATLG,DELETE),DSN=SASS.PRD.LSASSO.TST > //* > //PS0020 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER > //SYSIN DD DUMMY > //SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=* > //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* > //* > //SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SASS.PRD.LSASSO.TST > //* > //SYSUT2 DD SYSOUT=* > //* > // PEND > //*--------------------------------------------------------------------* > //JS0010 EXEC COPYPROC > //* > //PS0010.SYSUT1 DD *,SYMBOLS=EXECSYS > JOBNAME: &SYSJOBNM > &SYSJOBNM._D&LYR4&LMON&LDAY..ZIP > //* > //*--------------------------------------------------------------------* > > > Thank You and Please Be Safe! > > Len Sasso > Systems Administrator Senior > CSRA, A General Dynamics Information Technology Company > 327 Columbia TPKE > Rensselaer, NY 12144 > > TEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More > > Office Hours: M-F 7 AM - 3:45 PM > > Vacation: > > Phone: (518) 257-4209 > Cell: (518) 894-0879 > Fax: (518) 257-4300 > len.sa...@gdit.com > URL: www.gdit.com<http://www.gdit.com/> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
