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Long Job Name Rules

The following rules apply to the long job names:

• Any long job name that is eight or fewer characters in length must match its short name, ignoring case.
• The existing jobs do not require a long job name.
• Long job names that come through the distributed job conversion process must only contain alphanumerics, underscores, periods, and national characters (@, #, $). An error is issued when a name does not follow this rule.
• If you assign a job name, the first character must be an alphabetic or a national character. The second character must not be a period or an underscore.
• Jobs that are created in CA WA CA 7 Edition only have a long job name when a user specifically assigns one.
• In top line commands, the JOB and JOBL keywords are mutually exclusive.
• In alternate screens, specify the regular or long job name in the job name fields. CA WA CA 7 Edition displays the long job names when available using fetched information (like a LIST function).

More information:

DB.1 - CPU Job Definition Panel

DB.10 - XP Job Definition Panel

DB.11 - Agent Job Definition Panel

DB.2.4L - Job Triggering Panel (Long Job Name)

DB.2.5L- Input Network Triggering Panel (Long Job Names)

DB.2.6L - Data Set Triggering Panel (Long Job Names)

DB.3.2L - Job Predecessors Panel (Long Job Name)

DB.3.4L - Input/Output Network Tasks Panel (Long Job Names)

DB.3.6L - User Memo-Form Predecessors Panel (Long Job Names)