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Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS
Categories JES2
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 27, 2019

Pass job name in &JOBNAME system symbol for JES2 users

Currently, the &JOBNAME system symbol in z/OS does not contain the actual job name; it is either JES2 or JES2CIxx based on the JOBDEF INTERPRET value. It would be beneficial to have it be the job name, as it is described in the documentation.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Dec 22, 2022
    The &SYSJOBNM symbol provides this function starting in z/OS 2.3. It can also be used to accomplish this function by specifying the following JCL:
    // EXPORT SYMLIST=(JOBNAME)   
    // SET JOBNAME=&SYSJOBNM
  • Guest
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    Feb 28, 2019

    SYSJOBID AND SYSJOBNM are available in z/OS 2.3