Job Name

Defines the jobname name (or mask) of the job to be monitored for data set events. Mandatory.

Job Type

Defines the type of job to be monitored for data set events.

Valid Values are:

• Any: If no value is entered, the rule can be triggered by the termination of any type of job. Default.
• JOB: Regular job
• Started Task: System Task or UNIX Task
• User Task: TSO user task (the user name)

  NOTE: * and % are not allowed.

  NOTE: Only a data set event occurring in a job of the specified type can trigger the rule.

SMF ID

Defines the SMF ID of the CPU to monitor for data set events. Mask characters (* and ?) are supported. Default: Current CPU.SMFID

DSN

Defines the name of data set (or mask) to be monitored for this event within the selected jobs. Mandatory.

Disposition

Defines the data set disposition. Mandatory. The abbreviation (that is, the first letter) of the desired value can be entered. Valid values are:

• Cataloged
• Deleted
• Kept
• Retain: Cataloged or kept
• Scratch: Deleted and uncatalogued
• NCT2: Occurrence of a NOT CATLG 2 event – when a data set was created in a previous job step, but not cataloged at deallocation because its name already exists in the MVS catalog
• All: Any of the above dispositions
• Any: Any of the above data set dispositions (including NCT2)

Program Name

Defines the program step name (or mask) to be monitored for this event for the selected job. Optional. If omitted, all program steps in the selected jobs are monitored.

Procedure Name

Defines a procedure step name (or mask) to be monitored for this event for the selected job. Optional. If omitted, all procedure steps in the selected jobs are monitored.

Return Status

Determines at which point in the job step and under what conditions in the job step the Do Statements are performed.

Valid values are:

• Blank: (default) The rule is executed immediately upon detection of the specified data set event.
• None-Blank: Execution of the Do Statements is delayed until the end of the monitored job step and is dependent upon how the job step ended.
• OK: Step ended with a condition code of 0
• NOTOK: Step ended with a nonzero code
• ****: Step ended with any code
• Cnnnn: Step ended with the indicated condition code
• Snnn: Step ended with the indicated system abend code
• Unnnn: Step ended with the indicated user abend code

Asterisks can be entered instead of code digits; condition codes and abends can be preceded by code qualifiers (<, >, N).