Try $D JOBCLASS(*),SYSSYM
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 4:59 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: System symbols in batch JCL On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:53:44 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson wrote: > > >I'm trying to use system symbols in batch JCL under z/OS 2.1. > Specifically, I'd like to create a DSN like this: > > > Doesn't work for me, either: > > 6 //FOO DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&SYSUID..&LYYMMDD..&LHHMMSS > IEFC653I SUBSTITUTION JCL - DISP=SHR,DSN=gil.&LYYMMDD..&LHHMMSS > 7 // > > >I read that system symbols must be enabled by class, which I did for > class A: $HASP837 JOBCLASS(A) SYSSYM=ALLOW > > > >But it looks like my job is failing at conversion and never getting > >to > execution. Shouldn't this be easy? ;-) > > > How can I query that setting? If simply &SYSSYM were itself a symbol > I could use it would be too easy; IBM would never do it that way. > It is dependent on the setting for the __JOB CLASS__ in which the job was submitted. In the original, that is JOB CLASS=A. To see if it is enabled (by default it is _not_), enter the z/OS operator command: $DJOBDEF(A) And then look for SYSSYM in the SYSLOG output. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- "Worry was nothing more than paying interest on a loan that a man may never borrow" From: "Quest for the White Wind" by Alan Black Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN