Rational Developer for System z

Generating JCL

You may want to create a JCL file that can be viewed, edited, and submitted to the remote system.

Before you begin

You must first connect to the remote system and set the properties required for JCL generation.

About this task

To generate JCL, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. On a source data set member, right-click and select Generate JCL and one of the following menu options:
    For Compile
    Generates JCL for compiling the selected program.
    For Compile Link
    Generates JCL for compiling and linking the selected program.
    For Compile Link Go
    Generates JCL for compiling, linking, and executing the selected program.
  2. On the JCL Data Set and Member Name window, specify the job name, the data set where you want the JCL to go, and the name of the source program.
  3. Click OK. Rational® Developer for System z® opens a message window when JCL generation is complete. This message window includes Submit and Open buttons that you can use to submit the generated JCL or open the JCL in a System z LPEX Editor session.
  4. To submit the JCL, click the Submit button.
  5. To open the generated JCL in a System z LPEX Editor session, click the Open button.

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