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Account Codes in z/OS EXEC Statements

The ACCT parameter on the EXEC statement can be used by installations that want to perform computer billing or cost distribution at the job step level. An example of this would be to bill one account for the execution of the first job step and a different account for the second job step of a job, and so forth. When designing a report of this type, work only with step records. This can be accomplished by placing an S in the Required Records field on the SORT statement for that report. Otherwise, job records are included in the report and duplicate billing occurs for the same job step.

You should use discretion when allocating charges at the step rather than the job level. Step level charging precludes your ability to charge for U/R, special forms, and job setup (tape and disk mounts) since these charges are only available at the job level. Therefore, step charging should be avoided. When accounting information is absent from an EXEC statement, CA JARS assumes that the accounting information on the JOB statement is to be used. In other words, the Accounting Field information in a job record is propagated into each of the subsequent step records having a blank Accounting Field.