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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_Scheduler
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 28, 2022

RELATED IDEAS

conditional includes in JCL

Couldn't find a better category for this, feel free to move it.

I'd like to see the ability to include members into JCL conditionally, depending on the value of a set statement, a variable passed into a proc etc. e.g.


// SET VAR=Y

..

..

..

// IF VAR=Y THEN

// INCLUDE MEMBER=FRED

// ELSE

// INCLUDE MEMBER=BERT


You could do something similar based on a step return code too. Or even if substr of jobname is P include prod loadlibs else include test loadlibs. Includes depending on userid that subbed it? The possibilities are endlrss.


I think this could make JCL very much more flexible and reduce the amount of duplication (or very near duplication) that you see.



Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Apr 6, 2023
    This item is unlikely to be given high enough priority to be placed into the product plan.

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