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2.3.3.3.7 OS Job Attributes

There are three ways in which job attributes can be
specified.  The JCLDEF PARMS member allows attributes to be
assigned to all jobs that are generated.

If some job has unique attributes, two methods are available.
PARMS member JCLINFO allows specification of the most common
job attributes at the individual job level.  Should it be
necessary to tailor the job attributes in a way not provided
by JCLDEF or JCLINFO, then JOB statements can be generated to
the exact installation specifications by using the USERJCL
PARMS member.

Section 2.3.3.2.1 describes in detail the JCL definitions
that can be specified in the JCLDEF member.  These include
all of the keywords which are allowed on a standard JOB
statement.

The JCLINFO PARMS member is described in Section 2.3.3.3.2.2.
JCLINO allows specifications of the JOBNAME, TIMES, LINES,
CLASS, and PRTY at the individual job level.

Using USERJCL to define the JOB statement gives complete
control of its appearance and content (that is, non-standard
keywords can be used, and the order on the JOB statement can
be defined).  Section 2.3.3.2.2 describes and gives examples
of defining JOB statements in the USERJCL PARMS member.