Introduction to Job Control Language (JCL)

Pluralsight

Course Summary

An introduction to z/OS Job Control Language (JCL) that discusses the coding requirements for essential JCL statements and their use in utility programs.

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Course Description

This course introduces the student to the Job Control Language (JCL) in z/OS. We will discuss the JOB statement, EXEC statement, and DD statements, as well as the use of generation data sets and the IBM standard utility programs. Numerous examples will illustrate the concepts being discussed with an opportunity to see how work is submitted and examined for successful completion, as well as some common errors that may occur.

Course Description

This course introduces the student to the Job Control Language (JCL) in z/OS. We will discuss the JOB statement, EXEC statement, and DD statements, as well as the use of generation data sets and the IBM standard utility programs. Numerous examples will illustrate the concepts being discussed with an opportunity to see how work is submitted and examined for successful completion, as well as some common errors that may occur.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction to JCL
- 16m 36s

—Introduction to JCL 7m 44s
—JCL Basic Operation Categories 8m 52s

Defining Jobs
- 30m 45s

—Defining Jobs 8m 55s
—JOB Statement Example 12m 38s
—Additional Parameters 9m 11s

Defining Work to Be Run
- 14m 40s

—Defining Work to Be Run 8m 24s
—EXEC Statement 6m 15s

Defining Data Sets to Be Used
- 47m 4s

—Defining Data Sets to Be Used 7m 23s
—SYSOUT Parameter 6m 28s
—Existing Data Sets vs. New Data Sets 8m 15s
—DISP Parameter 9m 21s
—DCB Parameter 8m 14s
—MVS Utilities: IEBGENER 4m 8s
—IEBGENER - File Examples 3m 13s

Storing JCL for Batch Processing
- 35m 36s

—Storing JCL for Batch Processing 10m 35s
—PROCLIB 5m 41s
—Symbolics 6m 38s
—Overriding JCL Statements 7m 18s
—DDNAME Parameter 5m 22s

Multi-step Jobs
- 33m 16s

—Multi-step Jobs 13m 51s
—COND Parameter 10m 16s
—COND Parameter on JOB Statement 9m 9s

Generation Data Sets
- 18m 54s

—Generation Data Sets 7m 18s
—Creating a Generation Data Group 5m 50s
—Creating a Generation Data Set 5m 45s

Utility Programs: Basic Data Set Functions
- 34m 27s

—Utility Programs: Basic Data Set Functions 9m 21s
—IEBCOPY Function 7m 48s
—IEBPTPCH Function 4m 53s
—IEBUPDTE Function 5m 3s
—IEBCOMPR Function 7m 20s

Utility Programs: IEFBR14, IDCAMS, and SORT
- 15m 48s

—Utility Programs: IEFBR14, IDCAMS, and SORT 2m 51s
—IDCAMS Function 6m 47s
—SORT JCL Requirements 6m 9s