On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 18:58:12 -0500, Edward Gould wrote:

>> On Aug 9, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>>> 
>> If the DSNames are in DDDEFs (highly recommended) they can be listed
>> with SMP/E commands.  At times, a question has been posed here,
>> "Can I, for a one-off, overide in JCL the DDDEFs in the CSIs?"  Yes, but
>> don't do that!
>
>Gil,
>
>I have a preference to use JCL with dd’s in the step(proc) for maintenance.
>
>I have been burned by a fellow sysprog as he managed to put the maintenance in 
>the wrong zone. 
>
If your fellow sysprog selects the wrong zone, are you better off for having
DD statements in the JCL for the zone he should have used rather than
DDDEFs in the zone he used matching that zone?

--gil

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