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ravikumar_sri2001 · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:42 am Post subject: Capture JSCAN output

Hi Experts,

I need to capture the output JSCAN in a dataset. For that i have coded a rexx program and rexx macro. But the output of JSCAN opens in browse mode.

My rexx program

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:05 am Post subject:

you can always copy (cut&paste) the DSN generated by JSCAN - which by the way is a temporary dataset 'SYS07083.T083259.RA000.XXXXX.JLSCRN.H04'

SPLIT,3.3;copy SYS07083.T083259.RA000.XXXXX.JLSCRN.H04
to your own dsn (which can be created in the copy dialogue.

There may be a parm for JSCAN or an EXIT that can create a DSN with the USERID as HLQ, but I don't know.

problem with SYS... type naming conventions is that you can not easily anticipate the next name to be generated.

keep in mind, when you exit from JSCAN, SYS07083.T083259.RA000.XXXXX.JLSCRN.H04 will be deleted.

just occurred to me - JSCAN can be run in batch, so there must be some way to allocate a DS for the JSCAN output.
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semigeezer · Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:50 am Post subject:

similar to Dick's first suggestion, just go to ISRDDN while in browse, use the E line command to edit the temp data set, and use the REPLACE .ZL .ZF line command in the editor to save the output to another data set.

expat · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:11 am Post subject:

or from ISRDDN you could type

CREATE 'your dataset name' on the command line

C99999 in the left margin of first data row

and create your own keepable copy
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semigeezer · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject:

expat is right. CREATE is a better choice because you won't accidentally overwrite any files (I do that all the time because my fingers have trained themselves to type REP instead of CRE Smile

)

So you can use CRE .ZF .ZL as shorthand instead of typing the C99999

Sreejith · Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:30 am Post subject:

OR you could use the MDMD line command. But as semigeezer said this can overwrite the JCL.

ravikumar_sri2001 · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:28 am Post subject:

Experts,

Thank u very for your overwhelming response.

thanks,ravikumar.

vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

Hi Ravi,

I have same requirement for my project. Can you please provide some details about the rexx macro.

Thanks
Vijay

Nic Clouston · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:22 am Post subject:

It is all in the ISPF Edit/Macro manual, freely available from the IBM website.

The first line just says that it is a macro and the second line is the command to run JSCAN

BTW - this is over 18 months old
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vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

Thanks Nic for the update.

I search for this requirement in the ISPF manual but I could not able to find it.

If possible can you please provide me link so that I can go through them and get my work done.

Thanks
Vijay

Nic Clouston · Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

What is your requirement?

Some of the code is Rexx - all of the stuff is in either the Rexx manual or the ISPF Edit And Edit Macros manual
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vijay_pampana · Beginner Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Topics: 2

Hi Nic,

My requirement is to create a PS file having the expanded JCL (JSCAN) and provide the report to the user about what are the proc and program used in the expanded JCL and what is the input and output from each proc.

I know that we can get this info from spool by submit a job with TYPRUN=SCAN but I dont want to run the job but achieve the same using REXX and ISPF macros as the end user have very limited knowledge about using mainframe.

Thanks in advance for your help

Regards
Vijay

Nic Clouston · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:48 am Post subject:

Well, you have to save the temporary file out of JSCAN using one of the methods outlined above. Then you can either (i) edit the saved dataset and, using a macro, produce the report or (ii) you can feed the data into a program written in a language of your choice.
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