
Course Description (By Curriculum)

3 to 4 hours
Senior operators, application programmers, and system programmers who require an advanced knowledge of JCL
Completion of the courses Scheduling Batch Jobs Using Different Data Set Types and Using JCL Statements to Identify and Resolve Batch Problems
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Identify how procedures in batch processing are written and used
• Recognize the use of symbolic substitution in JCL
• Identify how batch output is controlled through JCL
• Identify how JES2 control statements are coded
Procedure Fundamentals
Using In-Stream Procedures
Using Cataloged Procedures
Using the JCLLIB and SET Statements
Coding JCL Symbols
Assigning Values to JCL Symbols
Modifying Procedure Statements
Using the OUTPUT Statement
Working with Output and JES
Issuing JES2 Control Statements Within A Job Stream