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misi · Beginner Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 13 Topics: 10

I need to have the current date and time as a part of my dataset. can any body help me?

I want USERID.YYYYMMDD.HHMMSS

misi

kolusu · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:05 am Post subject:

Misi,

You cannot define the dataset with one of the qualifier starting with a numeric. In your requirement you wanted userid.yyyymmdd.hhmmss. You need to have alphabet as a prefix in qualifier.

So is it okay if the dataset looks like this?

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

Based on Kolusu's Note:

kolusu · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:39 am Post subject:

Superk,

A couple of corrections. In your step0001 you used &userid, but i guess you actually meant &Sysuid. Also in step0002 you forgot the name of the dataset in DSN field.

Also I am not sure why you used to 2 steps when it can be just done in one step.

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

Sorry - I had just got up and hadn't had my coffee yet.

Personally, I prefer to use normal datasets throughout the job, and only at the end, copy the working dataset (with DISP=(SHR,DELETE)) into the dataset with the DATE/TIME fields.

It's always hard to tell from these posts if the poster requires that the dataset name be carried forward for multiple steps of the job (which is where I recommend using either the Job Scheduler or setting a variable using a SET command), or if they just need an output dataset and the end of the job with the DATE/TIME (I call this a DATE/TIME stamp).

misi · Beginner Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 13 Topics: 10

Thanks superk and kolusu

We need the 4 digit year part in our dataset name. Is it possible.

Thanks

misi

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

I would go with a Julian Date then:

USERID.DYYYYDDD.THHMMSS

kolusu · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:23 am Post subject:

If you want 4 digit year then you are exceeding the length of 8 for each qualifier. so another option is to split the name into individual qualifiers.

Maton_Man · Beginner Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 123 Topics: 0

Why don't you go for a dataset name in Roman numerals?

DATASET.MMIV.IV.XXIII

LMAO... Laughing

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modak · Beginner Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 14 Topics: 3

Kolusu,

What does EZACFSM1 do. is it a dummy utility like IEFBR14.

Maton_Man · Beginner Joined: 30 Jan 2004 Posts: 123 Topics: 0

Killjoy.

Just write some logic to call the dataset DATASET.MIDNIGHT
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Sure116 · Beginner Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 2 Topics: 1

kolusu,

hi,
I am trying ur jcl the step0100 is repeated twice
Can u explain me in breif whether one has to be in Execjcl & other in proc some thing like that

superk · Advanced Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 684 Topics: 5

Sure116, STEP0100 is coded only once PER JOB. It is probably a required standard of the coder of the sample JCL that every job start with STEP0100.

Maybe it's me, but I don't understand the second part of the question at all.

kolusu · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 11:58 am Post subject:

Suresh,

The above JCL is creating another JCL on the fly and submitting to Intrdr. It is just my habbit that I start all my jobsteps as STEP0100, STEP0200... so on.

Change the SYSOUT statement in the posted JCL to the following.

Bill Dennis · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 8:18 am Post subject:

Just for clarification, it's worth noting that the &SYSUID symbolic is not resolved by EZACFSM1 but rather as the job is actually sent thru INTRDR.

Regards,
Bill