Hi Michael, the IF THEN ELSE construct is useful to check step condition codes. You can for example decide weather a step should run after a previous one depending on its result. This is similar to the COND parameter in the EXEC cards. From my experiences you cannot evaluate JCL symbols. To exec batch depending on external conditions, I would prefer to set up an OPC/TWS application from the questioned job steps. Well, under certain circumstances I found it sufficient to generate the desired JCL with IEBEDIT and then submit it by IKJEFTxx or just having a small REXX-Exec as a kind of wrap-around.
Cheers Michael Michael Knigge <michael.kni...@set-software.de> Gesendet von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 25.06.2009 10:35 Bitte antworten an IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> An IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Kopie Thema IF-Statement in JCL All, is it possible to control the steps to be executed by a IF-Statement, i. e. with a variable? Like this: // SET SWITCH1=YES // SET SWITCH2=NO //* //* EXECUTE ONLY IF SWITCH1 IS SET TO YES //IF SWITCH1=YES //STEP01 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //... more stuff //ENDIF //* //* EXECUTE ONLY IF SWITCH2 IS SET TO YES //IF SWITCH2=YES //STEP02 EXEC PGM=IEBGENER //... more stuff //ENDIF //* If I've understood the JCL docs corretly there are only some predefined variables (like "RC") that can be checked... I wonder if there is a way... Thanks.... Bye, Michael ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
