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yadav2005 · Intermediate Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 348 Topics: 144

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Recently I attended an interview and I was asked qustions:

There is a production Proc which has 10 steps and
a) we have to run step 2 and step 8 of the proc only without changing the proc contents

Again one more question
b) after executing the third step of the Proc , they do not want to run the rest of the steps of the Proc

Can anybody help me with the answers

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 6:16 am Post subject:

answer to both your questions is IEBEDIT (Edit Job Stream) Program
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expat · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:03 am Post subject:

Or of course the good old COND= solution should Dicks suggestion be outlawed.
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Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:31 am Post subject:

For (b) "Restart-parameter" can also be in one of the choices.
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Bill Dennis · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:43 am Post subject:

IEBEDIT for selecting steps within a PROC? I think it's not possible.
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Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:49 am Post subject:

Yes, that's correct Bill. You can use IEBEDIT to create a data set containing a selection of jobs or job steps but then what should be the answer for the original questions!? I scratch my head! (Is the question worded correctly?)
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Dibakar · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:58 pm Post subject:

Here is my guess. RESTART from STEP2 and skip other steps by specifying COND.

Bill Dennis · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject:

Diba,

You should use COND=(0,LE) since a COND CODE 0 from STEP2 would still allow other steps to execute (zero is not less than zero).
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Dibakar · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:51 pm Post subject:

Bill,

Thanks for correcting. I always get confused with COND.
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Nic Clouston · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:05 pm Post subject:

rlilley · Beginner Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 19 Topics: 3

If I may make a suggestion.

Have a look at the JCL IF THEN and ENDIF, these are easier to follow. I have been using the COND= since the 80's and they are second nature, but, when I get confused I use the IF and ENDIF.

Dibakar · Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:14 pm Post subject:

rlilley,

I guess IF THEN will not be of any use in this case.
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Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:45 am Post subject:

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:39 am Post subject:

without changing the proc contents is a rather absurd restriction.

using iebedit (if it works),
using overrides to add cond code checks
viewing, stripping and submitting

non of these things change the proc's contents
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Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:03 am Post subject: