Total Time: 3 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course shows users how to use JCL to code data sets, procedures and other data found in common MVS Job Control Language statements.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Identify a cataloged data set
Identify a non-cataloged data set
Create and store a data set
Manage disk space
Create a new data set using SMS
Add statements to procedures during a run
Override statements in a procedure for the current run
Define and interpret a job printout generated from JES2
Test your jobstream for syntax errors before running
Locate and fix a few common JCL errors

Topics: 
Accessing Data Sets
Defining Data Sets in Your Jobstreams
Creating a New Data Set Under SMS
Procedures
Looking at Your Output
Scanning Your Output

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.