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Parameter GROUP makes handling missions more convenient. It enables retrieval of information about a specific group’s missions, usually via the Online facility or the Reporting facility.

The group name appears in all important messages relating to the group’s missions.

Overriding DDNAME

Parameter GROUP can be used to override the DD name for a SYSOUT issued by Control-V to SPOOL, by specifying a value beginning with DD= in one of the following ways:

DD=%U (USER name)

DD=%P (PRINT mission_name)

DD=%J (JOB name)

where

Overriding Installation Parameter OUTGRP (supported in MVS-JES2 environments only)

Parameter GROUP can be used to override Control-V installation parameter OUTGRP (except OUTGRP=N) by specifying a value beginning with ID=, as follows:

Table 255 Use of GROUP Parameter to Override OUTGRP Parameter

Value

Description

ID=%R

Sets GROUPID to the report name (8 characters).

ID=%U

Sets GROUPID to the user name of each chunk.

This is the same as setting OUTGRP=U in CTDPARM.

ID=%P

Sets GROUPID to the print mission name of each chunk.

This is the same as setting OUTGRP=P in CTDPARM.

ID=%J

Sets GROUPID to the original job name.

This is the same as setting OUTGRP=J in CTDPARM.

ID=%I

Sets GROUPID to the index value (8 characters).

ID=%T

Sets GROUPID to the report timestamp.

ID=%TIMESTP

Sets GROUPID to the timestamp of the printing mission.

ID=string

Sets GROUPID to the specified string.

When installation parameter OUTGRP is set to Y, chunking is implemented as follows:

For details, see parameter OUTGRP in the Control-D chapter of the INCONTROL for z/OS Installation Guide.

For information about "chunking," see the Control-D and Control-V chapter of the INCONTROL for z/OS Administrator Guide.

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