JCL Examples

Introduction -

JCL (Job Control Language) is a programming language used on IBM mainframe operating systems. It is a language with a set of predefined instructions that are used by the JOB ENTRY SUBSYSTEM (JES2 or JES3) to instruct the system on how to run a batch job or start a subsystem.

Objective -

We have covered the examples for the complete list of topics that almost covers 99% of JCL programming. These examples aim to improve the candidate's your technical expertise and experience, as well as their problem-solving abilities and also helps to resolve the issues occurred while coding.

Examples List -

JCL Examples
- Simple Run JCL
- JCL Positional Parameters
- JCL Keyword Parameters
- JCL EXEC Statement
- JCL DD Statement
- JCL Libraries
  - STEPLIB
  - JOBLIB
  - JCLLIB
  - PROCLIB
  - COPYLIB
- JCL Input & Output Statements
  - SYSIN Statement
  - SYSOUT Statement
- JCL Conditional Statements
  - IF Statement
  - RD Parameter
- JCL Temporary Datasets
- JCL Symbolic Parameters
- JCL Overriding Parameters
- JCL Referback
- JCL Error Dump Statements