Thank you for your responses.
I think that I was not clear in my initial post.
I am *not * looking for ways to implement QAFF settings.

My question is more on the philosophical side: Why did IBM choose to omit
QAFF from the JOBCLASS initialization parameter?

On 14 May 2015 at 12:34, Myers, Edouard (OCTO) <[email protected]> wrote:

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> What I do is to put the $TJOBCLASS(*),QAFF=-* at the bottom of JES2PARM.
> Later when the system is ready to start batch the correct QAFF's will be
> set.
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> Kees.
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> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:54 AM
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> Subject: QAFF on JOBCLASS statement
>
> I came across something that I find strange.
>
> Using JES2, It is impossible to use the QAFF keyword on the JOBCLASS
> statement in the JES2 initialization deck. It is not in the fine manual and
> when I tried to specify it, I received the message that the initialization
> statement is in error.
>
> What this means is, that if a cold start is ever needed , all JOBCLASSes
> will revert to the default of QAFF(ANY) which is not what we want.
>
> I know that I can fix this using several automation techniques.
>
> Any ideas why QAFF is missing from the initialization parameters?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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