Input

To run CA JCLCheck, you must enter a job stream containing one or more jobs, exactly as you would submit the job streams to z/OS. The job stream should begin with a JOB statement to identify the first job and provide headings for reports. If a JOB statement is not present, CA JCLCheck substitutes a "dummy" JOB statement.

CA JCLCheck does not require separators between jobs, the JOB statement itself serves as a delimiter. CA JCLCheck considers multiple jobs in the input as completely independent, unless you specify the SXREF or PDSRELATE runtime options. Using either of these options causes CA JCLCheck to remember catalog and VTOC updates between jobs.

CA JCLCheck can also use all or part of a partitioned data set (PDS), cataloged procedure library, CA Panvalet library, or CA Librarian library as its input. In this case, it considers each member a separate job, whether it contains a JOB statement or not. CA JCLCheck determines the type of input by using the PDS, PANVALET, and LIBRARIAN options. In addition, the PDSRELATE option causes CA JCLCheck to treat library members as a series of related jobs.

For more information about input functions, see CA JCLCheck Runtime Options.