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JCL JOB Statement

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JOB Statement Overview

The JOB statement is the first statement in any JCL job. It identifies the job to the operating system and specifies job-level parameters.

JOB Statement Syntax

//jobname JOB (accounting),"programmer name",parameters

Common JOB Parameters

Parameter	Description
CLASS	Job class determining execution priority
MSGCLASS	Output class for job messages
MSGLEVEL	Level of messages to print
NOTIFY	User to notify when job completes
TIME	Maximum CPU time allowed
REGION	Memory allocation for the job
PRTY	Job priority
TYPRUN	Special job processing (SCAN, HOLD)
RESTART	Step to restart from
COND	Job-level condition code checking

MSGLEVEL Parameter

MSGLEVEL=(statements,messages)

(0,0) - Minimum output
(1,1) - All JCL and messages
(2,1) - Input JCL only plus messages

TIME Parameter

TIME=1440 - No time limit
TIME=(mm,ss) - Minutes and seconds
TIME=NOLIMIT - No limit

Code Example

//PAYROLL  JOB (12345,DEPT01),"JOHN SMITH",
//             CLASS=A,
//             MSGCLASS=H,
//             MSGLEVEL=(1,1),
//             NOTIFY=&SYSUID,
//             TIME=(30,00),
//             REGION=0M,
//             PRTY=10
//*
//* JOB WITH TYPRUN=SCAN (SYNTAX CHECK ONLY)
//TESTJOB  JOB ,,TYPRUN=SCAN
//*
//* JOB WITH RESTART
//BIGJOB   JOB (ACCT),"PROG",
//             RESTART=STEP03
//*
//* JOB WITH CONDITION CODE
//CONDJOB  JOB (ACCT),"PROG",
//             COND=(4,LT)