Using CA JCLCheck

For CA JCLCheck to check your JCL successfully, you must complete the following:

Install the product
Set up the CA JCLCheck execution JCL or environment
Set up the CA JCLCheck runtime options
Invoke CA JCLCheck against some JCL using one of the following execution methods: batch, online, or EDCHEK.

Note: You can perform these functions using various methods.

Running CA JCLCheck against a JCL stream produces either messages or reports about the condition of your JCL, and job submission, if your execution method and options allow.

To install the product, follow the instructions in the Installation Guide. At installation time, a set of default options is established. These options define checking capabilities for things such as the security environment, the source of the JCL, alternate processing activities, or the report types you want CA JCLCheck to issue after it checks your JCL.

Runtime options are an integral part of CA JCLCheck and are covered in detail in CA JCLCheck Runtime Options. You can change these options using the following methods:

ISPF online panels
Supplementary OPTIONS file (OPTS=), if one is available
PARM= field in the CA JCLCheck execution JCL EXEC statement

When running CA JCLCheck in batch, you can set up the options you want to use in a supplementary options file (OPTS=) or you can specify the options you want to use in the OPTS DD statement.

Once you install CA JCLCheck and set up your execution environment and your options, you can scan JCL by invoking CA JCLCheck in one of the following ways:

From a batch job
From the ISPF online panels
Using the EDCHEK Facility (online checking)
Using the SUBCHEK Facility (online submit to batch)
From a CLIST
From CA Roscoe

These are only some of the methods covered in this chapter. Other methods you can use to invoke CA JCLCheck are covered in the Programming Guide.

This chapter begins with the type of input CA JCLCheck expects to check, an overview of the execution JCL, and the completion and ABEND codes that are a result of the output. After that, the ISPF panels are explained, and a description of how to use EDCHEK, SUBCHEK, a CLIST, and CA Roscoe to invoke CA JCLCheck.

The final section of the chapter explains how graphic flow diagram reports track your JCL. This section also informs you how to set up printer support using the SYSGRAPH DD statement, and where you can display CA JCLCheck sample JCL for setting up your own flow diagrams.