z/OS Job Control Language

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of z/OS principles (ES05GB)
Use ISPF/PDF functions (ES47GB)

Course Description:

Key z/OS skillset ­how to use z/OS Job Control Language (JCL) and selected MVS Utility programs in an online batch environment. Lectures and machine lab exercises. Must have prior ISPF knowledge.

The course contains a high percentage of online practical exercises. The participants will be able to code detailed JCL with the ability to test their results to a successful completion.

This course is designed for Anyone who needs to write, interpret, use or understand z/OS Job Control Language.

On completion, you will be able to:

• Understand and use different JCL statements
• Code JCL and Utility Control statements to use IBM Utility programs
• Allocate and manipulate both DASD and tape data sets using JCL parameters
• Allocate Generation Data Groups
• Create an 'in-stream' procedure and use symbolic parameters
• Understand the DFORT utility and code the control statements needed to utilise the sort and merge capabilities.

This course includes the following modules:

z/OS Job Control Language

• JCL basics
• Utility Programs
• Data Organisation and Management
• Generation Data Groups
• Procedures
• COND and IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF statements
• DFSORT Utility
• Tape data sets.