AutoEdit and JCL

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Overview
• Preparations
• Using AutoEdit System Variables in the JCL
  • System Date, Working Date and ODATE
  • Date System Variables
  • Non-Date System Variables
• Introduction to AutoEdit Control Statements and Functions
• AutoEdit Function Details
  • %%$CALCDTE
  • %%$JULIAN
  • Other Available Functions
• Supplying Variable Values through the Job Scheduling Definition
• Checking AutoEdit Syntax and Results
  • Activating Utility CTMAESIM
  • AutoEdit Variables in Other Job Scheduling Definition Statements
• Supplying Variable Values through an External Member
  • Pointing to External Members
• Additional AutoEdit Control Statements
• Complex AutoEdit Terms
• Operators
• Local Variables and Global Variables
• Defining Global Variables
  • Global Variable Syntax
  • Global Variable Access by Another Job
  • Global Variable Update by Another Job
• JCL Setup Operation Flow
• Review
  • Recommended Reading