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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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