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Phaninder · Beginner Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 11

Hi All,
I have a requirement to set the RC of a step to the Day-of-the-week
Value , i can do it by writing a smal cobol prog and Accept the day 0f week and move the Value to the RC, but is there any way to make it thru Jcl ONLY ? i just wanted to avoid a cobol program for the small reason .

Please let me know if there is any possibility.

Thanks in Advance
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Phani

Phantom · Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:28 am Post subject:

Phaninder,

Can you give us a brief as to what you are trying to accomplish. May be there is a better alternative.

Thanks,
Phantom

Phaninder · Beginner Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 11

Hi Phantom,
Thanks for your instant response, I need to check what day is today and if today is saturday , i need to avoid a particular step in the jcl , else for the rest of days i can run , now the method i found is i will accept the day of week from the cobol prog and move it to the RC , This will be first step in the jcl, i will have an If condition in the jcl to check weather RC NE 6 and execute the second step.
I want to accomplish this .

Thanks a lot
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Phani

cp · Beginner Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 6 Topics: 1

hi....
I hope following link will be helpful,
http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?t=4241&highlight=week

Have a great day.....

Phantom · Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:24 am Post subject:

Phaninder,

One more question. Is this a production job or your own job ? If it is a production job and if you have any job schedulers like CA7 installed in your shop then you use bypass a step based on a schedule ID.

I can't think of any other way now. Probably someone else can help you out.

Thanks,
Phantom

cp · Beginner Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 6 Topics: 1

There was a JCl solution mentioned by Kolusu in the link given.Pls go through it.

Thanks...Have a great day.

Phaninder · Beginner Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 11

Cp and phantom thanks a lot.
I Am using the solution suggested by kolusu already, The jcl given by him is an added advantage ..Thanks a lot .

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phani

German Castillo · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:

I would do an Xtra step invoking a small.... very small Rexx script using Date() as a weapon. It has so many input options, among which, Day-of-week is the one you are looking for. This step may either set a global RC or pass a Parm to your main application program.
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Best wishes,

German Castillo