As Ed notes, batch support for system symbols is (was?) new in 2.1. Over the years I've participated in SHARE forum discussions on this issue. Unlike STC and TSO, batch jobs introduce all sorts of variable and unpredictable conditions.
-- When does a submitted job actually execute? -- Where does a submitted execute? -- Under which of a myriad other conditions does a submitted job execute? Various folks strongly expressed incompatible opinions on when/where/how symbols should be resolved. I was frankly surprised that IBM finally bit the bullet and committed to batch support. Can o worms. I just now got into this because someone asked for a date/time stamp in a DSN. My first reaction was to use a Rexx. Then I got to wondering if that was still necessary. If anyone is still paying attention, my question lingers. Is CLASS A always used for JCL conversion? Just because it's first in the list? Is it a defined or default option? If it's always gonna be CLASS A, do I need to 'ALLOW' any other class? . . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-302-7535 Office [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 7:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: System symbols in batch JCL On 7/22/2016 6:06 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: > > Or, if you use SDSF, go to the JC panel. All of the JOBCLASS attributes are > shown for all job classes in a tabular format. Scroll until you find the > SysSym column. Or use the Locate command: > > L SysSym > > I suspect (E)JES has similar support, but don't know how to access it. 'CL' command (or 'JC' alias) followed by 'LC SYSSYM' (E)JES uses 'LC' for locating columns because 'L' is used for locating rows just like in other areas of ISPF. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
