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ashutosh_agl3 · Beginner Joined: 14 Aug 2003 Posts: 28 Topics: 15

I am creating and submitting a JCL dynamically through a COBOL program.

Is there any way to determine if the job has been completed and what is the return code for the job?

kolusu · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:46 am Post subject:

ashutosh_agl3,

MFBaba · Beginner Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 8 Topics: 4

Kolusu,

Is there some way by which I can come to know when the JOB completes/abends in the same COBOL program which submitted the JCL ??

Thanks,
MFBaba.

kolusu · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:07 am Post subject:

MFBaba,

You can code a wait logic in your cobol pgm to wait untill the submitted job completes and sweep thru the control blocks to see if the job completed successfully or if it abended.

Search for "ILBOWAT0" in the application programming forum and you will find examples of it.

But this approach is a mere waste of resources and I wouldn't recommend it

Hope this helps...

Cheers

kolusu
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ashutosh_agl3 · Beginner Joined: 14 Aug 2003 Posts: 28 Topics: 15

The objective here is to somehow identify the return code of the JCL in the same COBOL program which is submitting the JCL.

Currently the module submits and then exits.

I need a way to have COBOL module wait till the time JCL finshes normally/abnormally and also a way to identify the return code of JCL.

Phantom · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 1:29 am Post subject:

Ashutosh,

If you could provide us some more info as to what u r trying to do, probably we can suggest an alternate solution. How many steps do u have in the JCL which u submit internally. Can you show us ur JCL ? (the one which is going to be submitted by ur cobol program). Instead of submitting you can execute the entire JCL from inside the COBOL program itself, so that U donot have to wait for the JCL to complete.

Thanks,
Phantom

kolusu · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 10:28 am Post subject:

ashutosh_agl3 · Beginner Joined: 14 Aug 2003 Posts: 28 Topics: 15

Kolusu

The ILBOWAT0 reference you had provided explained a way to wait for a specified (X no.. of secs).

However what i need is to wait till JCL has finished executing (normally or abnormally)

The purpose out here is that since this JCL is being built and submitted dynamically thru a COBOL-CICS module, so the objective is to show some kind of information obtained as output of JCL.
For this the as per the current solution I was thinking it there was someway to determine JCL has finished in COBOL program then it might solve our purpose.

I am open to any other suggested solutions also.

Phantom · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:13 am Post subject:

Ashutosh,

Read Kolusu's message carefully.