• The JOB card parameters that are very specific about their position are called as positional parameters.
• These parameters are mandatory and required for OS.
• Positional parameters start immediately after the JOB keyword with a space gap.
• The order is very important for positional parameters. If we try to change the order of them, the JCL error occurs.

There are two positional parameters in the JOB card -

• Accounting information.
• Programmer name.

Accounting information and programmer name are independent and not dependent on any other.

Accounting information -

• Accounting information is the billing name to which the CPU processing time for the entire job is billed.
• It should code as the first parameter in the JOB card and should follow the JOB keyword with a space after it.
• It is mandatory and should enclose with ().
• It may change from project to project.
• Users can only submit a JOB with accounting information in it.
• Multiple account numbers can be coded in JOB card. However, the total parameter length should not exceed 143 characters.

Syntax -

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//job-name JOB ([account-info1][,accounting-info2]...),
//             'programmers-name',
//             keyword-parameters

Example - JOB (@POSPARM) with ACCT123 as accounting information.

//@POSPARM  JOB (ACCT123),'PAWAN Y',NOTIFY=&SYSUID

Programmer name -

• The programmer name is used to identify who is responsible for the specific job.
• It is optional and can be a user-defined name.
• The name allows the combination of alphabets and numbers.
• It should follow the accounting information with a comma(,) and enclose with single quote(').
• The programmer name maximum length is 20 characters excluding single quote(').
• It is an optional parameter and can be replaced by a comma or space between quotes.

Syntax -

//JOB-NAME JOB (ACCT001),
//             'programmers-name',keyword-parameters

Example - JOB (@POSPARM) with 'PAWAN Y' as programmer name.

//@POSPARM  JOB (ACCT123),'PAWAN Y',NOTIFY=&SYSUID

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