Using CA JCLCheck › Invoking with the EDCHEK Facility

Invoking with the EDCHEK Facility

The optional EDCHEK feature allows you to run CA JCLCheck as an edit macro under ISPF. CA JCLCheck analyzes and reports on the JCL in the file you are currently editing.

Edit macros are called within ISPF edit by entering either a percent sign (%) or an exclamation point (!) preceding the edit macro name.

To invoke EDCHEK, enter %EJCK, !EDCHEK, or !JCK (a shorthand form of CA JCLCheck) to invoke CA JCLCheck processing against the contents of your edit file. The preferred method to invoke EDCHEK is %EJCK. This CLIST calls the EDCHEK macro. The advantage of using %EJCK is that you can specify runtime options on the command line. These options are combined with the options specified in the EDCHEK options file. You cannot specify runtime options on the command line when using !EDCHEK or !JCK.

You can assign the %EJCK, !EDCHEK, or !JCK commands to a PF Key to make CA JCLCheck analysis a simple push button operation.

Note: You can use EJCK, EDCHEK, or JCK without the percent sign (%); however, this lengthens processing time.

When you invoke EDCHEK, it reads the current contents of the edit file and passes the records to CA JCLCheck for analysis. Error messages returned by CA JCLCheck are inserted directly into the edit file immediately following the offending statement and are identified by the prefix ==MSG>. The position of JCL in the edit file is not changed, however, any excluded lines are redisplayed after EDCHEK has completed.