Use this page to view details of a job's execution and change control information for a job.
APPLY Click this to apply any changes you have made.
RELEASE Click this to release a held job, so that it can run. This button changes to a
HOLD button when you click it. If you have also changed the value for Class or Priority the change is applied.
HOLD Click this to hold the job, so that it cannot run until you click
RELEASE. This button changes to a
RELEASED button when you click it. If you have also changed the value for Class or Priority the change is applied.
DISPLAY Click this to display details of the output from an individual job step.
- DDNAME
- The name of the data set produced by the job step; the first entry is always for the system log,
sys.log.
- Status
- The current status of the data set:
- Active
- The job is currently being executed.
- Complete
- The file has been printed.
- Input Hold
- The job is currently held in the input queue: it will not be executed until you release it.
- Input Ready
- The job is currently in the input queue.
- Other
- The status is unknown.
- Output Hold
- The output from the job is held awaiting release.
- Output Ready
- The output from the job is available to be scheduled.
- Parsing
- MSS is currently parsing the JCL.
- SYSOUT Disp
- The output data set is scheduled to an output device but not yet actioned (transient state).
- SYSOUT Hold
- The output data set is held awaiting release.
- SYSOUT Printed
- The output data set has been printed but other parts of the job are still pending.
- SYSOUT Ready
- The output data set is available to be scheduled to an output device.
- Records
- The number of records in the output file.
- LRECL Min
- The minimum record length.
- LRECL Max
- The maximum record length.
- Codeset
- The codeset of the output file.
- Created
- The date and time the output file was created.
- Class
- The class of the job, as specified on the JOB card. If you want to change the class of the job, specify the new class and
click
APPLY. For example, you might want to change the class of a job to a class that has a batch printer SEP specified for it, so that
the output data sets can be printed.
- Step
- The name of the job step that produced this file.
- Step Number
- The number of the job step that produced this file.
- Proc Step Number
- The number of the procedure step, where an output data set was created by a step in a procedure.
- Referenced
- The date and time the file was last used in a job.
- DS Name
- The data set name of the output file, in mainframe format.
- Physical File
- The filename of the output file, in the format of your local operating system.