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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories TSO
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 2, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Enhance REXX MVSVAR to return more system-related data

All Enhancements related to Enterprise PLI GETSYSWORD/GETJCLSYMBOL should be also available in Rexx using MVSVAR function or equivalent.

MVSVAR('STEPNAME') Stepname of active Task
MVSVAR('PROCSTEP') Procstepname if any
MVSVAR('SMFID') SMF ID of System
MVSVAR('EXECPGM') Jobstep Exec PGM=
MVSVAR('JOBID') Jobid of Task
MVSVAR('ASID') Adress-space ID

Also a rexx-callable equivalent of PLI GETJCLSYMBOL. e.g. MVSVAR('JCLSYM',......)
would be helpful

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 11, 2018

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - TSO
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - BCP_SYSREXX
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 11, 2017

    please also return JES2 Job Correlator

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 8, 2017

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - BCP_SYSREXX
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - Other
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 7, 2017

    thanks, i have overlooked SYSSMFID

    But MVSVAR('SYMDEF','jclvarname') does not return exported jcl vars. it only reports system symbols (at least in zos 2.1)

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 6, 2017

    Some of this already exists:
    - MVSVAR('SYSSMFID')
    - MVSVAR('SYMDEF','jclvarname')

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 3, 2017

    also add MVSVAR('STEPNUM') Job Stepnumber

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