For a long time, it was customary for CICS folks to run their regions as batch jobs. Justification focused on handling of JES message data sets, which benefited from much more flexibility in batch than as STC. The answer is, as mentioned, STCJOBS, which allows an actual started task to specify job-like output class and disposition options.
. . 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 robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 9:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: STC as batch STCs and Jobs are different MVS "units of work." Your question is analogous to asking "is it possible for a dog to be a cat?" No, it is not. But you can train a dog to catch mice. You can train a cat to fetch a ball. What aspect of an STC would you like in batch? Or, what aspect of batch would you like your STC to have? Taking your first question literally, yes, you can invoke (start) an STC from a batch job. You can -- subject to certain restrictions -- enter any console command from a batch job, including a START for a cataloged procedure. But I don't know how the rest of your post applies to your first question. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 4:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: STC as batch Hi Is it possible to invoke a STC by submitting a batch Job ? If so will it just run by adding Job card ? I am sorry for being ignorant. Any suggestions would help ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
