CA JCLCheck Runtime Options › Description of Runtime Options › SXREF

SXREF

The SXREF option activates the related job data set existence checking and reporting feature. This option specifies that the job streams CA JCLCheck analyzes are related jobs that run in succession.

This option has the following format:

SXref(NOMEM|Rpt|NORpt|Only)|NOSXref

Default: NOSXref

NOMEM

Suppresses PDS member names from the Summary Dataset Cross Reference Report.

RPT

Activates the related job data set validation feature and generates all selected reports (per XREF, PXREF, RPTRPT options) at both the individual job and summary (system) level.

NORPT

Activates the related job data set validation feature but suppresses all summary reports.

ONLY

Activates the related job data set validation feature and generates all selected reports (per XREF, PXREF, RPTRPT options) at only the summary (system) level (Reports 7, 8, 9). Individual job reports, Report 3 - Data Set Cross-Reference, Report 4 - Program Cross-Reference, and Report 5 - Report Listing are not produced.

Under this feature, CA JCLCheck remembers catalog and data set updates from job to job, simulating the execution of a system of related jobs. If a job creates and catalogs a data set and a subsequent job references the same data set using the catalog, CA JCLCheck interprets the reference as correct. When the SXREF option is not specified, the catalog data set updates from job to job are not maintained. This action can result in invalid error messages when jobs are related.

CA JCLCheck offers up to three summary reports that are associated with this feature:

• Report 7 - Summary Data Set Cross-Reference Report describes all data sets referenced in the system, the series of related jobs input to CA JCLCheck.
• Report 8 - Summary Program Cross-Reference Report describes all programs used in the system.
• Report 9 - Summary Report Listing describes all SYSOUT reports that the system produces.

The generation of these reports is controlled by a combination of the SXREF reporting operand and the individual report options (XREF, PXREF, and RPTRPT).