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USING z/OS MVS JCL Training Course UK Course

Dates and full course list

Overview of IBM z/OS MVS CONCEPTS

Course Code:	IBM0030
Price:	£1395
Duration:	3 Days - custom / on-site options available - please call.
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Who should attend:	Users who need to initiate batch jobs for processing in an z/OS environment. Programmers who will be using the IBM mainframe for program testing.
PPrerequisite Skills:	Knowledge of basic z/OS MVS Concepts and practical use of TSO/ISPF and the PDF editor.

Course Content

The purpose of this course is to provide the delegate with a thorough understanding of basic Job Control language (JCL) and procedures.

This course has been developed for real-world, commercial scenarios by our expert instructors. See below for detailed syllabus. If you have a technical question, please email

What you will learn

1. Define the function and use of JCL statements
2. Code syntactically correct JCL statements
3. Deal with JCL failures
4. Understand Conditional Execution
5. Handle user data sets
6. Understand the use of both in-stream and cataloged procedures
7. Have an understanding of Generation Data Groups

USING z/OS MVS JCL Training Course Outline

Overview of JCL

JCL Structure and Syntax

COMMENT, DELIMITER and NULL Statements

JOB, EXEC and DD Statements

Batch Utility Programs

Conditional Execution (COND and 'IF ... THEN ... ELSE' construct)

In-stream and system output data sets

Reserved DD names

User data sets

SMS data sets

OUTPUT Statement

Procedures

JCLLIB, INCLUDE and SET Statements

Generation Data Groups