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3.2.4 Daily JCL Errors

The Daily JCL Errors inquiry produces a list, by SYSID, of
the jobs that ended as a result of a JCL error.  The reader
timestamp and JES job number are also provided to help
identify the jobs needing JCL attention.

INTENDED USE:

This inquiry can be used by the systems programming staff to
investigate if production JCL is failing due to JCL errors,
This report can also be used to identify jobs with excessive
JCL errors. Such jobs usually represent wasted resources,
since they typically have to be rerun.  Investigating these
jobs may result in more efficient JCL coding and thereby
lower resource waste.

REPORT FORMAT:

This inquiry produces a tabular report grouped by system
Identifier (SYSID) with the following columns described
below:

   Job                      The job name identified on the
                            job card

   JESJOBNO                 Job number assigned by the job
                            entry subsystems

   RDRTS                    Date and time when job is read
                            into the system

   SYSID                    Translated ORGSYSID

A sample report is shown in Figure 3-9.

INQUIRY ID:

     SMFLJC

DATA SOURCE (file/timespan):

     BATJOB in the DETAIL timespan
     BAT_JS in the DETAIL timespan

DATA ELEMENTS USED:

     JOB      - Job Identification
     JOBJCLER - Job JCL Errors
     JESJOBNO - JES Job Number
     RDRTS    - Reader Time Stamp

CALCULATIONS:

     None

USAGE CONSIDERATIONS:

     Not applicable

                                                          Daily JCL Errors                                                           XYZ Corporation                                                         FOR:  APRIL 5, yyyy  INQUIRY:  SMFLJC                                                                                            RUN DATE:  6APRyy ------------------------------------------------------ System Identifier=SYS1 ------------------------------------------------------                                             JOB         JESJOBNO                  RDRTS                                             USR028PT    4657        05APRyy:15:31:00.78                                             USR0yySM    4060        05APRyy:09:35:42.94                                             USR117MP    4200        05APRyy:10:43:50.97                                             USR117R     4150        05APRyy:10:14:28.21                                             USR117S     4153        05APRyy:10:15:32.35                                             USR139CA    4557        05APRyy:14:22:00.62                                             USR143J     4339        05APRyy:12:05:11.13                                             USR152DA    4648        05APRyy:15:26:41.99                                             USR180$$    3385        04APRyy:17:49:44.07                                             USR212CR    4494        05APRyy:13:50:26.83                                             USR229LD    4866        05APRyy:18:11:54.29                                             USR999H     4052        05APRyy:09:26:14.43


Figure 3-9.  Daily JCL Errors