SYSOUT Allocation Intercept › Overview of the SYSOUT Allocation Intercept Interface › Features

Features

Some of the major advantages and qualities of the SYSOUT Allocation Intercept interface, compared to the other CA Spool interfaces, are:

• No application changes are needed to use this interface.
• No JCL changes are needed to use this interface.
• No double spooling is required; files are written directly into CA Spool.
• Nearly all DD statement and OUTPUT statement JCL parameters are supported.
• Multiple OUTPUT statement references are supported.
• Multiple output files are allowed for one allocation.
• If CA Spool or the interface is not started, the output files are written into JES2 or JES3. From there, the NJE interface can be used to defer transferring files to CA Spool.