Mainframe, MVS and zOS Discussion

Hi ,

In REXX , i have requirement like "Multiple jobs needs to be submitted" means after successful execution of each job ,next job should start.

In run time ,how can i find the return code of one job,so that next next job should pursue ?

Thanks in advance !!

Regards,
Vinoth

If this is production then the scheduler will handle that. In test you need to run IKJEFT01 as the last step. It should execute depending on condition codes. What it will do when it executes is submit the next job.

In REXX , i have requirement like "Multiple jobs needs to be submitted" means after successful execution of each job ,next job should start.

Doing this from your REXX code is a really, REALLY, REALLY bad design. What if the job needs a tape mount and all the tape drives are being used -- the job will wait, possibly for quite a long time, while your REXX code is doing nothing but waiting? As alluded elsewhere, chain the jobs so as each one successfully completes it submits the next in sequence. And, by the way, this is PRECISELY the situation where a job scheduler is MOST effective (and it doesn't require extra steps in the jobs).

Nic,

Thanks for your suggestion !

We can use IKJEFT01 to evaluate Steps in the job.But for job evaluation how can we use it ?

Could you please explain it briefly with example codes ?

Thanks!

Regards,
Vinoth KM

Find the JCL Reference manual for your version of z/OS.
Find the chapter on the IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF statements.
Read it and apply it to your isse (there are even examples provided).

vinoth4u wrote:We can use IKJEFT01 to evaluate Steps in the job.But for job evaluation how can we use it ?

What are you asking here? Can you please elaborate?