Class

Class (output file)

DDNAME

Delete

Details

Enter

File

Hold

Job

Messages

Name

Nbr

Priority

Proc Step

Records

Release

Reply

Status

Status (output file)

Step

SYSOUT

Update

User

JOBnnnnn

Use this page to view details of a job's execution and change control information for a job.

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Job

Specify the number of a different job from the one being displayed, then click this to go to the Details page for that job.

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Name

Shows the name of the job as specified on the JOB card.

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Status

Shows the current status of the job. The possible values are

Active The job is currently being executed; the Process ID (PID) of the job is shown.
Dispatched The job is scheduled to a batch or printer process but not yet actioned (transient state)
Input Hold The job is currently held in the input queue: it will not be executed until you release it
Input Ready The job is currently in the input queue
Other The status is unknown
Output Hold The output from the job is held awaiting release
Output Ready The output from the job is available to be scheduled
Parsing MTO is currently parsing the JCL

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Hold

Click this to hold the job, so that it cannot run until you click Release. (This button changes to a Release button when you click it.) If you have also changed the value for Class or Priority the change is applied.

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Release

Click this to release a held job, so that it can run. (This button changes to a Hold button when you click it.) If you have also changed the value for Class or Priority the change is applied.

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Class

Shows the class of the job, as specified on the JOB card. If you want to change the class of the job, specify the new class and click Update. For example, you might want to change the class of a job to a class that has a batch printer SEP defined for it, so that the output data sets can be printed.

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Priority

Shows the priority of the job, as specified on the JOB card. If you want to change the priority of the job, specify the new priority and click Update.

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Update

Click this to apply any changes you have made to Class or Priority.

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User

Shows the user ID under which the job was run. If you did not specify a USER on the JOB card, the user ID is the name of the enterprise server.

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Delete

Click this to delete the job from the queue. All the files associated with the DD statements in the job are deleted.

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File

Shows the full path of the file containing the JCL that was run.

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Messages

The area under Page and File contains all the messages that were output by the JES system during the running of the job, in chronological order.

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Reply

Click this to provide a reply to an ACCEPT FROM CONSOLE statement, once you have entered the reply in Enter. You see this only if the job is halted pending a reply.

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Enter

Specify your reply to the ACCEPT FROM CONSOLE statement.

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SYSOUT

Lists the output files that were created during the running of the job.

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Status (output file)

Shows the current status of an output file created by the job:

Active The job is currently being executed
Complete The file has been printed
Input Hold The job is currently held in the input queue: it will not be executed until you release it
Input Ready The job is currently in the input queue
Other The status is unknown
Output Hold The output from the job is held awaiting release
Output Ready The output from the job is available to be scheduled
Parsing MTO is currently parsing the JCL
SYSOUT Disp The output data set is scheduled to an output device but not yet actioned (transient state)
SYSOUT Hold The output data set is held awaiting release
SYSOUT Printed The output data set has been printed but other parts of the job are still pending
SYSOUT Ready The output data set is available to be scheduled to an output device

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Class (output file)

Shows the class of the job, as it was when the output files were created.

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DDNAME

Shows the name of the data set produced by the job step; the first entry is always for the system log, sys.log.

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Step

Shows the name of the job step that produced this file.

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Nbr

Shows the number of the job step.

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Proc Step

Shows the procedure step, where an output data set was created by a step in a procedure.

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Records

Shows the number of records in the output file.

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Details

Click this to display details of the output from an individual job step.

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