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Set Up Your JCL Control File

You execute Batch control statements such as EXTRACT, REPORT, ADD, DELETE, and UPDATE from a JCL control file. You can execute any number of control statements in a single JCL file. If you use the REPORT statement, make sure the EXTRACT statement that produces the extract file for the report appears before the REPORT statement.

You must include some statements at the beginning of the control file to activate Batch. See the Sample JCL in this chapter that activates Batch and generates a report. The VNODE='*BATCH*' parameter on the second line indicates that Batch is to be activated.