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Job Descriptions for Batch Generation and Compilation

A job description describes the environment in which a job runs. Parameter JOBD on the YSBMMDLCRT command specifies what job description name CA 2E will use when you submit the job to batch. The value *MDLVAL retrieves the job description name from model value YCRTJBD, usually the QBATCH job description.

Each model has a unique JOBD containing:

• Job queue, which can be any valid IBM i JOBQ
• Routing data, which must be set to YCRTOVR
• Other job attributes, such as the Initial library list and Message logging (Level, Severity, and Text)

You can specify separate job descriptions for generation and compilation, using the JOBD (generation) and CRTJOBD (compilation) parameters on the YSBMMDLCRT command. Both job descriptions default to the YCRTJBD model value.

For compilation, the initial library list of the job description should contain the name of the generation library, specified by model value YGENLIB, and any other libraries containing objects required for compilation, such as the HLL compilers.

Use the Toolkit Edit Library List (YEDTLIBLST) command to maintain both the library list of your model and the associated job description.

Note: Your interactive library list is not used.