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[hari_uss]

Is there anyway to override a DDNAME in a second level proc from the JCL.
I.e., Jcl A executes proc B. Proc B calls Proc C, which has a DSN in it, named D.E.FILE.

I want to override this DSN from Jcl A. Is that possible?

Thanks,
Hari.

[kolusu]

hari_uss,

As far as I know a jcl or jcl JCL PROC can only override the next lower level PROC. You can't override in to more than one level of nested PROCS.

Having said that you can the override the proc B DSN from proc A.

Hope this helps...

cheers

kolusu

[sanat]

Hi,
I feel that is possible. You just have to specify the STEPNAME.DDNAME as told by Kolusu. If there is a case, Jcl A calls Proc B, Proc B calls Proc C, (assuming proc C has something like this,
//STEPC EXEC PGM=AAA
//FILEC1 DD DSN=AA.BB.CC,DISP=SHR

To override the file FILEC1 from JCl A, use the following syntax,
//STEPC.FILEC1 DD DSN=.....
When you use nested procs, make sure that all the STEPNames that contain EXEC PGM must be unique. It's not mandatory, but there will be not any be confusion, while doing a override.

But I am not sure about the RESTART in case of nested procs, because the syntax is PROCNAME.STEPNAME.

Sanat.

[CaptBill]

In simpler terms, what the other postings are saying is

[hari_uss]

Not very difficult..One of my colleague gave me a solution.

In PROC C, I coded

[niks_jude]

I saw this topic while seeing some older posts. I could not keep myself of bringing this discussion as this can be misleading to new developers reading some older posts, while doing a search maybe.

Here it is written PROC calling PROC. I would like to say this is impossible as a PROC cannot calll another PROC. Only EXEC=PGM is allowed in a PROC but not a EXEC PROC.

Please let me know in case anybody has other opinions.

[Terry_Heinze]

PROCs can be nested to 15 levels. See Chapter 5 of the MVS JCL Reference manual.
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[CraigG]