You would have to know each job name/number in advance for the $DJ,LONG. SDSF can show the entire input queue - you just select each task, get the start time, and cancel it if needed directly from SDSF.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Shorkend Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 1:17 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SDSF and z/OSEM and Automation The $DJxxxx,LONG command returns a field with the job creation date and time. You could pull this with REXX and the CONSOLE command and then do the math. $DJ(827),LONG $HASP890 JOB(MIKEBR14) 536 $HASP890 JOB(MIKEBR14) STATUS=(AWAITING EXECUTION),CLASS=Z, $HASP890 PRIORITY=7,SYSAFF=(ANY),HOLD=(NONE), $HASP890 CMDAUTH=(LOCAL),OFFS=(),SECLABEL=, $HASP890 USERID=MIKE,SPOOL=(VOLUMES=(VPSPOL), $HASP890 TGS=1,PERCENT=0.0052),ARM_ELEMENT=NO, $HASP890 CARDS=2,DUBIOUS=NO,REBUILD=NO, $HASP890 SRVCLASS=BATMDM,SCHENV=,SCHENV_AFF=(ANY), $HASP890 CC=(),DELAY=(),CRTIME=(2018.292,17:13:56) Note that the time returned is UTC and not local HTH Mike On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 19:36, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > So I want to create a process that "notices" that a job has been in > the > JES2 > Input queue for over 24 hours and not run. > > Sometimes this is legitimate and sometimes not. > > With z/OSEM we add resource names so the users do not need to code > /*ROUTE XEQ lpar to run. > > What I find is sometimes the resource name created in the JCL is not > valid for the environment. > > I know I can issue $DJxxxx,LONG and find out what resource it is > waiting on. > > What I am struggling with is how can I see the INPUT queue and > determine how long a job has been waiting. > > I am thinking something with ISFEXEC (SDSF) that I can pass to > automation to make the determination and/or cancel of the task. > > I am just in the design phase, so no real details other than this > sketch of the process. > > Thanks > > > Lizette > A theory can never be proven, but it can be falsified. Karl Raimund > Popper > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike Shorkend m...@shorkend.com www.shorkend.com Tel: +972524208743 Fax: +97239772196 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ________________________________ This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN