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Validate Batch Jobs

You can validate the SCL in an action request data set before submitting the job. If a job statement is specified in the JOB STATEMENT INFORMATION fields on the Batch Options Menu, it is also validated.

To validate a batch job

1. On the Batch Options Menu, specify the data set you want to validate using the REQUEST DATA SET or OTHER PARTITIONED OR SEQUENTIAL DATA SET fields. If you want to specify a job statement, enter this information in the JOB STATEMENT INFORMATION fields on the Batch Options Menu.
2. Select option 4, VALIDATE and press Enter.

   The action request data set and jobcard are validated. The syntax of the action requests is checked as if the job was going to run, and any appropriate error messages are returned. The ISPF/PDF Browse facility returns a panel that shows any syntax errors within SCL statements defined in the REQUEST DATA SET.