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Glossary

Audit report

The Audit report is a CA JCLCheck report, which produces a statistical summary of jobs, steps, and DD statements, input records of jobs, steps, and DD statements, and averages of all of the jobs, steps, and DD statements included in a particular run.

ChekPlex

The ChekPlex option is an optional feature that enables remote validation of JCL. You can issue a JCL validation request from a local system, and the validation takes place on another system.

CLIST

A CLIST is a command list that allocates the required data sets and calls the TSO communication program.

CSV

CA JCLCheck can produce reports in Comma Separated Values format. This allows for the converted report file to be read and displayed on a personal workstation by Excel or a similar spreadsheet product.

CTLSCAN

The CTLSCAN option reads and interprets control statements of certain IBM utility programs and the CA XCOM Data Transport program.

Data Set Cross-Reference report

The Data Set Cross-Reference report is CA JCLCheck Report 3, which lists all data sets using a job that exists for more than one step. Included in the report are all permanent and temporary data sets with a disposition other than NEW,DELETE.

dictionary support

CA APCDOC is a CA product that maintains a dictionary of information concerning jobs, job networks, data sets, procedures, and programs.

EDCHEK option

The EDCHEK option is an optional feature that allows CA JCLCheck to run as an edit macro under ISPF.

EDCHEL option

The EDCHEL option enables the expansion of procedure and include statements when the EJCK macro is invoked from EDCHEK.

Error Messages report

The Error Messages report is CA JCLCheck Report 6, which lists all error messages associated with the job. CA JCLCheck produces this report if it detects one or more errors. You can direct this report to the beginning or end of the report output or incorporate it with the Listing of Merged JCL Report (Report 2), based on the setting of the ERROR option.

Flow Diagram report

The Flow Diagram report is CA JCLCheck Report 10. This report is a graphic representation of the flow of the JCL that CA JCLCheck processed. The first page lists the name of the JCL member being charted and any JOBLIB, JOBCAT, or PROCLIB data sets associated with the job.

ISPF

ISPF, Interactive Systems Productivity Facility, is an IBM utility that acts as an extension of the operating system under TSO.

IXR

IXR, Intelligent Transparent Restore, allows you to access information regarding archived data sets.

JCL card

A JCL card is an 80-character card image that is part of a complete JCL statement.

JCL statement

A JCL statement is a logical entity consisting of the JCL operator and its positional/keyword parameters and associated data. A JCL statement can be (and usually is) a composite of a variable number of JCL cards.

Job Control Standards

Job Control Standards are standards that comply with a specific site and are enforced by CA JCLCheck. They consist of a Standards Rules database and a series of panels that allow the administrator to set up criteria to produce specific actions based on JCL variables (that is, JOB.JOBNAME, EXEC.STEPNAME).

Listing of Jobstream JCL report

The Listing of Jobstream JCL report is CA JCLCheck Report 1, which is an 80-80 listing of the JCL as submitted. It also includes control statement statements if the CCLIST option was requested. Generation of this report can be controlled with the JOB option.

Listing of Merged JCL report

The Listing of Merged JCL report is CA JCLCheck Report 2, which is a listing of the entire JCL for the job, including procedure library statements.

logical break

A logical break is a condition in the original JCL input stream that signals JCLNeat to process a new entity. A logical break is typically signaled by an input member change or a new JOB statement, but is also signaled by an isolated PROC.

online

The online method immediately processes information at the time of data entry. Usually, the results are displayed on the screen.

operator

The operator is the type of statement in process (that is, JOB, EXEC, PROC, DD, PEND, PRINTDEV, CNTL, ENDCNTL, OUTPUT, or comments).

original JCL

The original JCL is the JCL unmodified statements prior to JCLNeat reformatting.

PDF

CA JCLCheck can produce reports in Portable Document Format. This allows for the converted report file to be read and displayed on a personal workstation.

predecessor

A predecessor, in CA JCLCheck, consists of jobs related to or preceding the job being analyzed. CA JCLCheck obtains information pertaining to the predecessor jobs from the CA APCDOC Cross-Reference database.

PROCLIB

The PROCLIB is the system or user Procedure Library, which CA JCLCheck searches for cataloged procedures.

Program Cross-Reference report

The Program Cross-Reference report is CA JCLCheck Report 4, which lists all programs that the job uses and the libraries in which the jobs reside.

reformatted JCL

The reformatted JCL is the JCL statements written to the JCLNeat output stream.

Report Listing

The Report Listing is CA JCLCheck Report 5, which lists all SYSOUT reports the job produces. A SYSOUT report is assumed to result from any DD statement specifying the SYSOUT parameter, including those requesting an internal reader.

REXX

REXX, R(estructured) EX(tended) (e)X(ecutor), is an IBM programming language that includes environment commands and mathematical functions.

status code

A status code is a one-character code that identifies the status of a job or run. (Example: A = abended)

SUBCHEK option

The SUBCHEK option is an optional feature of CA JCLCheck that allows JCLCheck to run as a front-end processor for the TSO/SUBMIT command.

Summary Data Set Cross-Reference report

The Summary Data Set Cross-Reference report is CA JCLCheck Report 7, which lists all permanent data sets used by any job within a production system. CA JCLCheck only produces this report if you select both the SXREF and XREF options. The report is similar to the Data Set Cross-Reference Report (Report #3), except that all data sets the related jobs use are included. The report is sequenced by data set names.

Summary Program Cross-Reference report

The Summary Program Cross-Reference report is CA JCLCheck Report 8, which lists all programs used by a job within a production system. This report is similar to the Program Cross-Reference Report (Report #4), except that all programs included in the system are reported in program name sequence.

Summary Report listing

The Summary Report listing is CA JCLCheck Report 9, which lists all SYSOUT reports produced by any job within a production system. It is produced only if both the SXREF and RPTRPT options are selected.