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The Future of Automated JCL Management
JED Highlights:(Partial list)
The JED Process
Operating Environments Supported
JED Features and Functions
JED Generated Error Messages

The Future of Automated JCL Management

JED is a fully automated JCL management solution for today's z/OS data centers providing JCL validation, standards enforcement, reformatting, and syntax checking. JCL maintenance, conversions and tuning are now possible --- automatically! Robust, yet simple to use, JED provides a flexible, automated way to address the labor-intensive tasks associated with the JCL change lifecycle. JED significantly improves operations and production control environments, resulting in improved SLAs.

JED has been designed from the ground up to be JCL-intelligent. Management and control of JCL components in the change lifecycle can be fully automated with the DCMS CCS (Change Control System) product or other automated code deployment tools. Used this way within the JCL change lifecycle or as a stand-alone tool, JED simplifies JCL management, resulting in improved productivity for the entire Information Systems department, including Applications Programming, Operations, Production Control and Systems Programming. When customization is desired, it is not necessary to learn a new programming language or understand the coding and setup of unfamiliar control card formats. JED provides its benefits using an intuitive, high-level user interface.

JED Highlights:(Partial list)

Complete JCL validation of basic syntax, required parameters and site standards
Customized JCL validation rules
One-time analysis and mass conversions
Easily and accurately maintain JCL for execution in multiple environments
JED Remote Server Facility validates JCL for execution on a different LPAR/Image than the one on which the JCL resides
Validate SMS classes and requirements
Intelligent online Library Search Facility concurrently searches multiple libraries for combinations of JCL statements containing values that match JCL-specific search criteria
Validates logical execution processing (EXEC-COND, IF/THEN/ELSE), providing Return-Code simulation by jobstep
Validates the execution PARM and SYSIN control statements for all standard IBM utilities
Enforces dataset naming standards
Reformats JCL members, procs and statements to site standards for keyword order and alignment
Provides reformatting options by statement type
Optionally re-sequences jobstep names
Optionally reformats of instream IDCAMS SYSIN statements
Scheduler Interface - enables automated scheduler users to verify how their scheduler will resolve its variables and/or conditional statements within a jobstream at execution time.
Single pass processing --- one invocation of JED validates and re-formats JCL

Other uses for JED

Maintaining JCL for multiple environments
Management of vendor-supplied JCL
Data center consolidations
Production-to-test JCL conversion for application testing
Test-to-production JCL conversion
Critical path validation at hot site
Convert in-stream control statements to PDS members
Conversion or enforcement of SMS rules
Optimize blocking characteristics
Logical processing validation
Standards enforcement based on application name or environment

The JED Process

JED can be used in 3 ways:

Interactively - As an edit macro during an ISPF Edit session. Any error message are shown interspersed within the displayed JCL lines.
Foreground – Within an ISPF application. JED provides an intuitive interface for virtually instant results.
Background - As a batch job to process larger quantities of JCL

JED can be interfaced with your automated job scheduler, code deployment product, security and tape management software.
All product features, functions and interfaces can be tailored by the JED administrator. Most common JCL validation and conversion tasks are already automated and can be activated by toggling an option presented on an online screen. Over 300 options are available.

Operating Environments Supported

z/OS, JES2, JES3

JED Features and Functions:

Verifies JCL syntax
Finds invalid unit names
Finds invalid volume names
Finds missing datasets
Finds missing programs
Finds duplicate symbol names
Finds missing PARMLIB (PDS) members
Validates IDCAMS statements
Validates IKJEFTxx SYSTSIN DB2 control statement syntax
Validates IEHPROGM and other standard IBM utility statements
Validates DATACLAS, STORCLAS, MGMTCLAS keywords
Shows the source of PROCs and INCLUDEs and expands to show contents
Enforces standards
Reformats JCL to user specifications
Executes as an edit macro
Executes within batch job
ISPF interface processes a list of JCL members
Installs in minutes
Can be used to front-end the SUBMIT command
Provides a sophisticated and easy to use search and replace tool
Communicates with JED server to validate JCL for execution on another LPAR/Image

Option Handling:

System provides for set of default options
System provides for multiple sets of customized options (option profiles)
Administrator can create an unlimited number of profiles useable by everyone
Administrator can assign profiles to users or groups of users as their default
System table can provide automatic selection of option profile based on jobname
Users can create and retain multiple user profiles
Each user can maintain a personal list of option profiles
Options can be overridden via special embedded JCL comments

JCL Syntax Checking:

Supports all JCL statements
Supports all levels of z/OS
Verifies JES2 statement syntax
Verifies JES3 statement syntax
Detects incorrectly specified JCL
Detects missing or invalid keywords or parameters
Detects mutually exclusive keyword specifications
Performs symbolic substitution
Expands PROCS and INCLUDE groups

Edit Macro Invocation:

Validates and reformats JCL member during edit session
Shows error/warning messages embedded within edited member
Expands and shows JCL within PROCS
Expands and shows JCL within INCLUDE groups
Expands and shows PARMLIB (PDS) members --- can be limited to first ‘x’ lines
Uses labels to make it easier to locate messages in long members
“Flower box” provides error summary, total number of messages of each severity
Optionally submits JCL based on specified error message severity levels
Optionally shows edit macro command syntax in pop-up window
Optionally invokes browse on generated reports
Optionally reformats edited JCL, replacing existing member
Optionally validates reformatted JCL
Validates IDCAMS statements
PF key expands error message help in pop-up window
Permits selection of Admin or User option profiles
Permits specification of step return codes to validate conditional (IF/COND) constructs

ISPF Interface:

Single function provides validation and reformatting
Provides interactive (foreground) or (background) execution
Provides online help tutorial
Generates selected reports
Permits foreground-generated reports to be browsed interactively
Redirect reports to printer or dataset
Permits access to Search/Update facility
Input dataset can be PDS, CA-Panvalet, CA-Librarian or sequential file
From member selection list, line command checks member immediately
From selection list, line command selects member processed at END
From selection list, line command browses member
From selection list, line command edits member
From selection list, line command submits after validation
For batch execution, user may specify JOB statement values
Processing options are retained for next use
Provides for selection of Admin or User option profiles
Provides the ability to submit batch processing on another LPAR (CPU)
Permits optionsal override of PROCLIB concatenation

ISPF Member Selection:

Include/Exclude members by specified name
Include/Exclude multiple members separated by commas
Include/Exclude members by range of names (from-to)
Include/Exclude members generically with wildcards (ABC*) (A*C)
Include/Exclude members based on last-changed date
Leave member blank to receive library member list
Multiple members may be selected from the list
From selection list, order column can be used to select processing sequence

Batch Invocation:

Reads members from PDS, CA-Panvalet, CA-Librarian or sequential file
PARM specifies Admin or User option profile
Permits use of file to override default or selected profile options
Optionally copies original member to new PDS
Provides integrated Scan/Replace facility

Batch Member Selection:

Include members by specified name
Include members by range of names (from-to)
Include member names equal, less than, greater than a value
Include members generically with wildcards
Include members based on last changed date
Exclude members by specified name
Exclude members by range of names (from-to)
Exclude member names equal, less than, greater than a value
Exclude members generically with wildcards
Exclude members based on last changed date
Specify more than one library whose members are to be processed in a single run

Reformatting - General:

Performs validation and reformatting in single pass
Provides ability to simulate JCL reformatting
Optionally stores reformatted member to PDS, CA-Panvalet or CA-Librarian or a sequential file
Optionally generates update control statements for output to CA-Panvalet and CA-Librarian

Reformatting - Options:

Formatting options can be specified for each statement type
Specify formatting options for DD, EXEC,JOB,PROC,OUTPUT
Specify formatting options for ENDIF, INCLUDE, JCLLIB, PEND, SET
Specify formatting options for JES2 statements
Specify formatting options for JES3 statements
Choose the statement types that are NOT to be reformatted

Reformatting - Keyword Positioning:

Specify starting position of JCL statement type
Specify starting position of first JCL statement keyword
Specify number of parameters per JCL record
Specify column threshold to continue next parameter
Specify starting continuation column

Reformatting - Ordering

Specify order of first JCL keywords
Reorder JCL statement keywords alphabetically

Reformatting - Inline Comments:

Specify starting position of JCL statement comment field
Choose to remove inline comments
Choose to retain original sequence of inline comments
Choose to keep inline comment with first keyword on line
Convert inline comment as JCL comment statement before/after to current statement
Choose to left-justify inline comments to specified column
Choose to right-justify inline comments to specified column

Reformatting - JCL Comment Statements:

Provides ability to remove all blank comments (//*)
Provides ability to 'flower-box' JCL comments
Specify comment 'flower-box' characters
Provides ability to left-justify or right-justify JCL comment to specified column
Specify placement of embedded JCL comment statements
Maintain 'x' blank comment statements prior to each EXEC

Reformatting - Renumbering:

Provides renumbering of statement line numbers
Specify starting statement line number
Specify statement line renumbering increment

Reporting:

Report: Lists the original JCL contained in the member being processed
Report: Lists the JCL with PROC's expanded, symbolics resolved, and any error messages
Report: Summarize all error messages generated
Report: Lists the reformatted JCL
Report: Shows the processing options used
Report: Shows IDCAMS, utility and DB2 simulations
Report: Shows dataset usage cross-reference
Report: Shows program usage cross-reference
Report: Shows procedure usage cross-reference
Report: Shows statistical summary with counts of: lines, jobs, PROC's, steps, DD's
Report: Shows "Tape Pull List" from jobs being checked
Options sets minimum message severity to be shown
Each report is optionally generated
Uses unique DDNAME for each generated report

Messaging:

Supports 5 severity levels – Informational, Warning, Alert, Environmental and Fatal
Most severe message severity determines batch return code when processing a list of jobs
Each internally-generated message is prefixed with a unique message identifier
Globally override or suppress messages using the unique message identifier
The severity of any message can be overridden – upgrade or downgrade the severity
The text of any message can be overridden to your own phrasing
Any message can be suppressed so it no longer appears
Override or suppress message for single JOB with an embedded JCL comment

Security Functions:

Uses RACROUTE to check JOB's access to datasets
RACROUTE tests JOB's USER= value as owner
RACROUTE tests JOB's owner in JOBUSER table
RACROUTE tests user’s authority to read JOB’s load and PARM libraries
Validates JOB's access authorization to user catalog

Major Toggled Functions:

Prohibits jobs from updating the master catalog by validation of dataset aliases
Manages temporary datasets for step restartability
Enforces use of OS catalog
Renumbers jobsteps and associated references
Choose from a variety of step renumbering styles
Enforces specified JOBLIB concatenation
Verifies if OLD/SHR existing datasets are cataloged
Verifies if DISP=NEW datasets are already cataloged
Verifies referenced GDG bases are defined
Verifies if a referenced PDS member exists
Verifies all executed programs exist in STEPLIB/JOBLIB/LPALIB/LNKLST
Shows the library containing executed programs
Validates contiguous labels on multi-file tape volumes
Validates proper use of RETAIN on multi-file tape volumes
Validates referenced VOLSER's against mounted disk volumes
Verifies that DISP=NEW GDG generations specify model DCB
Verifies that the specified model DCB dataset exists
Utility table (and DCMS XREF) defines required files for executed program
Warns when a required DD statement is missing
Warns when unused DD statement is encountered
Warns when duplicate DD statement encountered in step
Validates logical use of datasets
Validates logical dataset usage across list of jobs
Validates site-defined dataset naming standards
Validates site-defined JOB naming standards
Finds duplicate DDNAMES
Detects invalid concatenations
Detects incompatible DCB parameters
Detects LIKE dataset not found

PROCLIB Support:

Supports multiple PROCLIB concatenations
Supports automatic selection of PROCLIB based on JOBPARM PROCLIB
Supports automatic selection of PROCLIB based on JES2PARM JOBCLASS
Automatically captures and uses JES2 PROCLIB concatenations
Automatically switches between PROCLIB concatenations when processing a list of jobs

Toggled Validation Options:

Validates DEST value against list of values
Validates FCB value against list of values
Validates SYSOUT/OUTPUT forms against list of values
Validates JOB CLASS against list of values
Validates the JOB MSGCLASS against a list of values
Validates UNIT against a list of values
Validates each report SYSOUT class against a list of values
Validates dump SYSOUT class against list of values
Validates a referenced PDS library against a list of acceptable libraries
Require BLKSIZE coded for DISP=NEW file
Show error when RLSE missing on DISP=NEW disk dataset
Require RETPD or EXPDT=99000 coded for DISP=NEW tape GDG
Prohibit the use of instream data not following 'DD *' or 'DD DATA'
Prohibit multiple JOB statements within a single member
Prohibit the use of instream procedures
Verifies each defined instream procedure is executed
Verifies BLKSIZE is even multiple of LRECL when RECFM=FB
Verifies 'EXEC PGM' statements contain COND keyword
Verifies each JOB statement contains COND keyword
Verifies that the JOB name matches the member name

Toggled Correction Options:

When JOB CLASS missing or invalid, sets to default value
When JOB MSGCLASS missing or invalid, sets to default value
When report SYSOUT class missing or invalid, sets to default value
When dump SYSOUT class invalid, sets to default value
When report SYSOUT form missing or invalid, sets to default value
When FCB missing or invalid, sets to default value
When model DCB missing or invalid, sets to default value
When UNIT value invalid, sets to default value
When EXEC REGION less than default, removes parameter
When JOB REGION less than default, removes parameter
Sets BLKSIZE to optimum value for device
Adds RLSE parameter to SPACE keyword for NEW disk datasets
Adjusts secondary SPACE allocation to at least 10% of primary
Removes SPACE CONTIG parameter
Expands DISP parameters to show defaults
Expands JOB 'programmer name' field to maximum length
Expands EXEC to show PROC= default
Removes DCB parameters on existing datasets for standard utilities
Removes secondary duplicate DD statements
Removes any EXPDT except EXPDT=98000
Removes any JOBCAT statements
Removes any STEPCAT statements
Removes JOB account field
Removes JES2 PROCLIB statement and PROCLIB DD statements
Removes any unwanted JOB statement parameters

Scheduler Interfaces:

Simulates CA-7 handling of #JI, #JO, #XI, #XO and #JEND statements
Simulates CA-7 # control selection to validate each unique SCHID in JOB
Forecasts CA-7 jobs to be run, input to validation
Forecasts IBM TWS jobs to be run, input to validation
Interfaces to CONTROL-M to resolve scheduler symbolics
Simulates interface to IBM TWS scheduler to resolve scheduler symbolics
Simulates interface to CA JOBTRAC to resolve scheduler symbolics
Simulates interface to ASG Zeke to resolve scheduler symbolics
Simulates interface to CA ESP to resolve scheduler symbolics

Other Product Interfaces:

Interfaces with CA-1 (TMS) to validate tape datasets
Interfaces with IBM RMM to validate tape datasets
Interfaces to DCMS/CCS to provide automatic option profile selection
Verifies all executed programs are defined to DCMS/CCS
Verifies all executed procedures are defined to DCMS/CCS
Verifies all referenced VSAM files are defined to DCMS/CCS
Uses DCMS/XREF to determine if violations to dataset naming standards are already in use
Interfaces with DCMS/XREF to determine a program's optional and required DD's
Implements CA-11 in each JOB
Converts JCL to use DCMS/RAS for offloading a backup copy of reports
Validates DB2 library name exists
Validates DB2 program exists
Validates DB2 subsystem name

JED Remote Server (JEDSERV):

Used when validating JCL from an LPAR/image other than where it will run and DASD isn’t shared with that environment
Typically used at sites with separated production and test SYSPLEX’s
JEDSERV runs a continuous started task on the remote LPAR (typically production)
JED users (on test) communicate with JEDSERV through a VTAM connection
Permits validation of executed programs and PDS members, inspecting libraries on the remote site
Permits syntax check to occur remotely, using the JCL’s procedure and include libraries of the runtime environment
All other ‘environmental’ JED validations occur through JEDSERV

Miscellaneous Options:

Enable dynamic use of JES2 procedure libraries based of system definitions
Specify number of control (PDS) statement lines to be listed within expanded JCL report
Includes facility for simulating jobstep return codes to test COND keywords and IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF constructs
Interfaces to SMS to validate JCL’s DATACLAS, MGMTCLAS and STORCLAS values

User Programming Interface:

Provides programming interface using standard language (COBOL, assembler, etc.)
Permits use of IF-THEN-ELSE language to extend syntax validation rules
Inspect, add, delete or modify and JCL field on any JCL or instream data statement
Insert or delete entire statements or entire steps
Add to or delete from library concatenations
Edit, verify, correct and reformat in one pass
JCL statements are provided in parsed format to user program
Each JCL value is uniquely identified with variable name
Issue error/warning messages
Very easy to use

Interface points:

Exit point before open of dynamically allocated dataset (PARMLIB,PGMLIB)
Exit point to interface with tape management system to verify tape datasets
Exit point to modify JCL statements before they are processed
Exit points to set values for CONTROL-M, ZEKE and JOBTRAC variables
Exit point to permit modification or suppression of messages
Exit point after JCL statement is read
Exit point before non-JCL statement is written
Exit point before termination
Exits can be loaded from non-authorized library even when running APF-authorized

JED Generated Error Messages

"IEFC" messages. JED utilizes the OS JCL Converter component of z/OS to perform a portion of the syntax check of the JCL. JED detects all JCL syntax errors that z/OS detects.
"IDC" messages. JED uses a simulation option of IDCAMS to verify IDCAMS SYSIN data, so some messages are generated by IDCAMS.
"JED" messages JED generates hundreds of messages internally as issues are encountered. JED Sample Messages

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