Work management

Here are different levels in the function of assigning or changing coded character set identifier (CCSID) values.

All jobs run with a CCSID value established at one of these levels:

• Job level. A CCSID is assigned to a job.
• User profile level. A CCSID is specified in a user profile and the value is assigned to all jobs run under that user profile. The CCSID can be set or changed with the Create User Profile (CRTUSRPRF) and Change User Profile (CHGUSRPRF) commands.
• System level. The system value QCCSID is the default CCSID for all jobs running on the system. QCCSID can be set or changed with the CHGSYSVAL and WRKSYSVAL commands.

Work management support initializes the job CCSID for an interactive job to the CCSID on the user profile when the job starts. If *SYSVAL is specified for the CCSID on the user profile, work management support gets the CCSID from the system value (QCCSID). For batch jobs, the CCSID of the current job is used as the default CCSID for the submitted job.

You can change the CCSID of a job by using the Change Job (CHGJOB) command. Make a note of the current job CCSID. You can use it later to reset the job CCSID to its original value, if necessary. The new CCSID value is reflected in the job immediately. The job DFTCCSID cannot be changed. To retrieve the CCSID or DFTCCSID for a job, use the Retrieve Job Attributes (RTVJOBA) command or the Retrieve Job Information QUSRJOBI application programming interface (API). Interactively, use the Work with Job (WRKJOB) command and select the Display Job Definition Attributes option on the Work with Job display.