I was specifically wondering what could appear in the first position or first three positions. Is J(OB), S(TC) and T(SU) the complete set? I thought I seemed to remember A-something for APPC transactions? No? Anything else?
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 1:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where is format of Job ID documented? On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > Yeah, I know, JOBnnnnn or Tnnnnnnn. > > Is there a formal description somewhere? Where? > > Charles > > I don't know if it is "formal" or not, but here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieaa600/iea3a6_Obtaining_a_job_identifier.htm <quote> ... Issue an ENDREQ macro after writing a complete job to the internal reader. The job identifier is returned in the RPLRBAR field of the request parameter list (RPL). See z/OS JES2 Commands <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.hasa200/toc.htm> or z/OS JES3 Commands <https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.iatb300/toc.htm> for details about the job identifier. RPLRBAR is an 8-byte field. The first 3 bytes, xxx, are the characters JOB, TSU or STC. The remaining 5 bytes, nnnnn, represent the five digits of the job ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN