Author: Abid Hasan
Subject: Re: Reply to: How to use 2 input files in control control card
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:32 pm (GMT 5.5)
Hello,
Not sure if this is an assignment or an actual PRODuction scenario, if it is, then whoever thought of an all *SORT solution is off their pills.
Fwiw, because you haven't defined any specific rules for this task- well, here goes nothing:
a. Have a simple SORT FIELDS=COPY for FILE1 (and it is dataset, not file), have 3 OUTFIL statements for your OUTPUT dataset.
b. In each OUTFIL statement test using INCLUDE for the flags you have in FILE1.
c. If the respective flag matches, write a simple JCL in that OUTFIL, using BUILD, within this JCL, override the dataset names- you can either hard-code the name, or go a step ahead and use SYMNAMES here and pass symbolic values for DSNs you want.
d. Route the 3 OUTFIL DS to INTRDR in SORTOUT DD names.
Now, what is going to happen is, depending on WHAT your flag value is, a fresh JCL will be created and submitted, within which DS2 to DS5 and so on will get processed - individually.
Like I'd said earlier - you didn't define the rules clearly here, so this solution does get the job done - fairly easily.![icon_razz.gif]()
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Thanks.
Subject: Re: Reply to: How to use 2 input files in control control card
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:32 pm (GMT 5.5)
Hello,
| Gunapala CN wrote: |
| ... Note : i know this scenarios we can handle it in Cobol but we would like try wthr its possible do it with complete JCL/SORT CARDS help. Also with help of RC(return codes , explicit SET in previous step based on condition) we can achieve. we are trying out this. |
Not sure if this is an assignment or an actual PRODuction scenario, if it is, then whoever thought of an all *SORT solution is off their pills.
Fwiw, because you haven't defined any specific rules for this task- well, here goes nothing:
a. Have a simple SORT FIELDS=COPY for FILE1 (and it is dataset, not file), have 3 OUTFIL statements for your OUTPUT dataset.
b. In each OUTFIL statement test using INCLUDE for the flags you have in FILE1.
c. If the respective flag matches, write a simple JCL in that OUTFIL, using BUILD, within this JCL, override the dataset names- you can either hard-code the name, or go a step ahead and use SYMNAMES here and pass symbolic values for DSNs you want.
d. Route the 3 OUTFIL DS to INTRDR in SORTOUT DD names.
Now, what is going to happen is, depending on WHAT your flag value is, a fresh JCL will be created and submitted, within which DS2 to DS5 and so on will get processed - individually.
Like I'd said earlier - you didn't define the rules clearly here, so this solution does get the job done - fairly easily.
_________________
Thanks.