JOBnnnnn(output file)

Class Codeset Codeset (for display) Created Details Display DS Name for Hold Job Job Name LRECL Min / Max PC Name Priority | Proc Step Proc Step No Purge Records Referenced Release Start Status Step Step Number Update User

JOBnnnnn (output file)

  Use this page to view details of an output file from a job and to change control information for the file.

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Job Name

  Shows the name of the job to the right of the label. Shows the ddname of the output file to the left of the label.

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Status

  Shows the current status of the data set. The possible values are

  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 Held | 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 Print | The output file is currently being printed
  SYSOUT Hold | The output data set is scheduled to an output device but not yet actioned (transient state)
  SYSOUT Ready | The output data set is available to be scheduled to an output device

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Hold

  Click this to hold the file, so that its status cannot be changed. (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 file, so that its status can be changed. (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 file, as specified on the JOB card. If you want to change the class of the file, specify the new class and click Update.

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Priority

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

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Update

  To change the class or priority of a file, modify the appropriate field and then click this.

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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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Records

  Shows the number of records in the output file.

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Purge

  Click this to delete the file.

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Step

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

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Proc Step

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

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Step Number

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

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Proc Step No

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

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Codeset

  Shows the codeset of the output file.

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Created

  Shows the date and time the output file was created.

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LRECL Min / Max

  Shows the maximum and minimum record lengths.

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Referenced

  Shows the date and time the file was last used in a job.

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DS Name

  Shows the data set name of the output file, in mainframe format.

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PC Name

  Shows the filename of the output file, in the format of your local operating system.

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Display

  Click this to display the contents of the file.

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Start

  Specify the number of the record where you want the display of the file contents to start. Defaults to 1.

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for

  Specify how many records you want to be displayed. Clear the field to view all the records in a file. Defaults to 10000. If there were more records than you requested, the final line in the listing warns you that the output was curtailed.

  Note: Do not set this to more than 10000. If you ask for all the records in a very large file to be displayed, your browser will take some time to display them all, and might run out of memory. If you have Net Express, we recommend starting ES Admin from the Tools menu in the Net Express IDE, instead of in a separate browser. Files are then displayed using the Data File Editor, which does not have this limitation.

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Codeset (for display)

  Specify the codeset in which you want the contents to be displayed. Defaults to ASCII.

  If you select Both, the system tries to display the contents without regard to the codeset used. For example, the strings x'41424344' and x'a1a2a3a4' are both displayed as "ABCD". You might find this of use if you are not sure what codeset was used to create the file.

  The value 'Dump' gives you a hexadecimal dump of the file.

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Details

  Check this if you want extra details to be included in the display of the file contents.

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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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