Rational Developer for System z

Generating, submitting, and tracking JCL, and viewing the output

When you want to compile your code, you must generate some JCL to run the compilation.

About this task

To generate, submit, and track JCL, and view the output, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. In the Remote Systems view or the z/OS® Projects view, right-click the member name of the program you want to compile and click Generate JCL.
  2. Select For Compile. A window opens requesting confirmation of where to write the generated JCL.
  3. Verify the member name and the data set this member will be generated to and 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. A job submission confirmation window opens. To locate the job ID in the Remote Systems view, click Locate Job. The job ID is highlighted in the Retrieved Jobs filter of the JES subsystem.
  5. To open the generated JCL in a System z LPEX Editor session, click the Open button.

What to do next

For more detailed instructions for each of these steps, see the Related tasks.

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