EXEC STATEMENT

Overview
EXEC STATEMENT

 EXEC statement defines the

beginning of a step in a job or a
procedure.
 An EXEC statement is required
for each job step.
 Maximum of 255 steps (EXEC
statements) in a single job.
 Stepnames follow the same
rules for all names in JCL:
 1-8 characters in length
(alphanumeric or
national(#,@,$)).
 First character must be
alphabetic or national.
 Must be followed by at least one
blank.
EXEC STATEMENT SYNTAX
PROGRAM EXECUTION

 By default,
SYS1.LINKLIB is
searched for the
program to be
executed.
TIME PARAMETER
TIME-EXAMPLE
REGION
Parameter
 Specifies amount of
storage space required to
execute the step

 Formats are:

 REGION=<value>K
 REGION=<value>M

 <value> should be a
positive numeric in units of
“K” or “M” indicating
Kilobytes or Megabytes of
space

 If omitted, a default value

is assigned by the system
 COND Parameter
 On completion of each step, a return-code is
generated. This return-code can be checked and
based on this a step can be bypassed or executed.
This is done using the COND parameter
 Formats are:
 COND=(<return-code>, <condition operator>)
 COND=(<return-code>, <condition operator>,
<stepname>)
 COND=EVEN
 COND=ONLY
 <return-code> is a positive number from 0 to 4095
 <condition operator> specifies the type of
comparison to be made with the return-code of a
previous step and can be one of GT,LT,GE,LE,EQ,NE
 <stepname> is the name of a prior executed step
COND Parameter
 In the visual, examine the
condition codes set in STEP2
and STEP3
 The interpretation of the
Condition codes set are
 In STEP2, if the RC from
STEP1 is less than or
equal to 8, STEP2 is
executed
 In STEP3, if the RC from
STEP2 is equal to 4,
STEP3 is bypassed
 Program
 RTCODE00 in STEP1, if
executed, returns a RC
of 0
 RTCODE04 in STEP2, if
executed, returns a RC
of 4
 RTCODE08 in STEP3, if
executed, returns a RC
of 8
 COND Parameter -
Interpretation
COND parameter check Return code from referred step

Terminate JOB Execute JOB

COND=(code,GT,step) RC from step < code RC from step > = code

COND=(code,GE,step) RC from step <= code RC from step > code

COND=(code,EQ,step) RC from step = code RC from step not = code

COND=(code,LT,step) RC from step > code RC from step < = code

COND=(code,LE,step) RC from step >= code RC from step < code

COND=(code,NE,step) RC from step not = code RC from step = code

Example: Condition
Parameter
 EVEN and ONLY Condition
Codes

 COND=EVEN executes the step, even if any preceding

steps have ended abnormally

 COND=ONLY executes the step, only if any preceding

steps have ended abnormally

Example: Condition
Parameter for EVEN AND
ONLY
DD STATEMENT

OVERVIEW
DD STATEMENT

 The DD statement is used to

describe a data set and
specify the input and output
resources needed for the data
set.
 A DD statement is normally
required for each data set
that is to be processed in a
step.
 All DD statements for a single
step must follow the EXEC
statement.
 DD statements for a single
step can usually be in any
order.
Why DD ?.
Accessing a Data set
DD Statement

 DD statement
identifies a data
stream to a program
 DD statement
contains
 An optional DD
name
 DD operation
field
 Positional
parameters
 Keyword
parameters
 UNIT

 DISP
DDNAME

 Specifies a name for

the DD statement
 Must start with an
alphabet and between
1 to 8 alphanumeric
characters
 Must begin in column
3 and be continued
till column 10
 Is conditionally
optional
 DSN - Keyword
Parameter

 Specifies the fully qualified physical name of the input or output file

 Format is

 DD DSN=<dataset-name> for a cataloged dataset

 DD DSN=&&temporary-dataset-name for a temporary

dataset

 For cataloged dataset, DSN name must be a maximum of 44

character including periods after every 8 characters or less

 Temporary datasets start with && and are 1 to 6 characters long

Example for Creating
Temporary Dataset
 DISP Keyword
Parameter

 Specifies the existing status (disposition) of the dataset and steps to

be taken on successful/unsuccessful execution of the step

 Format is
 DISP=(<present-status>, <normal-end-status>, <abnormal-end-
status>)
 present-status specifies current status, meaning whether the data
set exists or is to be created and if it exists, the mode of access to
it
 normal-end-status specifies how to handle the dataset upon
successful completion of the JOB
 abnormal-end-status specifies how to handle the dataset upon
abnormal termination of JOB
 DISP Keyword
Parameter

DISP=(<present-status>, <normal-end-status>, <abnormal-end-status>)

 One or more sub parameters can be omitted but at least one should
be coded

 Sub parameters are positional in nature

 If only <present-status> is coded, parantheses can be omitted

 If the <present-status> field is omitted and the <normal-end-

status> and <abnormal-end-status> are coded, then parantheses
are required and comma should be coded before the sub-parameters
Example Program :
DISP(NEW,DELETE,DELET
E)
Example Program :
DISP(NEW,KEEP,DELET
E)

EXAMPLE
Example Program :
DISP(NEW,PASS,DELETE)
DATA SET WILL NOT BE RETAINED
Example FOR COPYING A
Physical file to another
Physical File :
DISP(NEW,CATLG,DELETE
)

Example
Example Program :
DISP(OLD,KEEP,DELET
E)
DATASET WILL BE RE-WRITTEN
Example Program :
DISP(MOD,KEEP,DELET
E)
Example Program:
DISP(MOD,KEEP,DELET
E)
 UNIT Keyword
Parameter

 Specifies information about the input or output devices used by

the JOB

 Some formats are:

 UNIT=device-address

 UNIT=device-type

 UNIT=device-group-name
SPACE Keyword
Parameter
 SPACE Keyword
Parameter

 Specifies Space required to allocate a new dataset on DASD

 Format is SPACE=(S1,(S2,S3,S4),S5,S6,S7) where

 S1 is mandatory and specifies unit of allocation

 S2 is mandatory and specifies the primary quantity
 S3 is optional and specifies the secondary quantity
 S4 is optional and specifies the directory blocks used for creating a
partitioned dataset

 S5 is optional and is coded as RLSE

 S6 is optional and is coded as CONTIG
 S7 is optional and is coded as ROUND
 SPACE Keyword
Parameter

SPACE=(S1,(S2,S3,S4),S5,S6,S7)

 <S1> sub parameter specifies unit of allocation. The units are:

 TRK – For allocating Space in units of tracks

 CYL – For allocating Space in units of cylinders

 <block-size> for allocating space in units of blocks; Exactly, how many

bytes of data will be allocated depends on the value specified in the
DCB=BLKSIZE sub parameter
 SPACE Keyword
Parameter

SPACE=(S1,(S2,S3,S4),S5,S6,S7)
 <S2> sub parameter specifies primary quantity of space requested

 <S3> sub parameter

 Specifies secondary quantity of space which is allocated when

primary quantity of space is insufficient
 Secondary space when allocated may not be contiguous with
primary space
 If not specified JOB may abend
 <S4> sub parameter

 Specifies the number of directory blocks for creating a Partitioned

dataset
 SPACE Keyword
Parameter

SPACE=(S1,(S2,S3,S4),S5,S6,S7)
 <S5> sub parameter –
 Specifies the option RLSE that indicates that any unused space
allocated to a dataset be released once the dataset is closed.
 Takes time to release space
 <S6> sub-parameter
 Specifies a value CONTIG that indicates that only contiguous space
should be allocated to the dataset
 Option applies only to primary space allocation
 Results in decreased dataset access time
 JOB abends if requested space is not contiguously available
 <S7> sub parameter
 Specifies a value ROUND
 DATA CONTROL BLOCK Parameter -
DCB

 Specifies the attributes of the dataset

 Sub parameters are:

 RECFM
 LRECL
 BLKSIZE
 DSORG
 DCB - Sub
Parameters

 LRECL (Stands for Logical Record Length)

 Format is LRECL=<record-length>
 Specifies record length in bytes for fixed and variable length
records
 For variable record lengths, the LRECL should be 4 bytes more
than the length of the largest record
 BLKSIZE

 Format is BLKSIZE=<block-size>
 Specifies the block size of data in bytes
 Must be a multiple of LRECL
 For variable record lengths the BLKSIZE should be 4 bytes more
than the length of the largest record
 DCB – Sub
Parameters

 RECFM – Specifies record format of dataset being created

 Format is RECFM=<record-format> where <record-format>

can take one of the following values

F - Fixed

 FB - Fixed Blocked

V - Variable

 VB - Variable Blocked
U - Undefined
 DCB – Sub
Parameters

 DSORG specifies the way data set is organized

 Format is DSORG=<dataset-organization> where <dataset-

organization> can take one of following values:

 PS for Physical sequential

 PO for Partitioned organization

Dataset Concatenation

 Datasets can be
concatenated and
considered as one file
by the system
 All datasets being
concatenated must have
the same record format
 All datasets being
concatenated must exist
on same type of device
 To concatenate datasets
omit the DDname from
all the DD statements
except the first one
 In this visual FILE1 is a
concatenated input
dataset
 Special DD
statements

 SYSIN
 JOBLIB
 STEPLIB
 JCLLIB
 SYSOUT
 SYSDUMP
 SYSABEND
JOBLIB

 If coded, specifies the

library where the load
module of the program
to be executed will be
searched first in any
step
 Coded immediately
after the JOB statement
else results in JCL error
STEPLIB

 Specifies the library

where the load module
of the program to be
executed will be
searched

 Applies only to the

step where it is
specified
SYSOUT

 Special DDname used

for listing messages
listed out of the
DISPLAY verb used in
COBOL program
 Dump related special
DDnames

 SYSDUMP
 Format is SYSDUMP DD ……
 Used to obtain a dump of the contents of various
registers and variables in case of an abnormal end of
program
 Dump is in hexadecimal format
 SYSABEND
 Format is SYSABEND DD ….
 Contains same details as SYSDUMP with more details
 SYSUDUMP
 SYSMDUMP
END