Job attributes

Job attributes are set at the time a job starts.

Some job attributes are set from the user profile. Other job attributes come from system values, from locales, from a Submit Job (SBMJOB) command, a job description, and the Change Job (CHGJOB) command (from which you can change values for attributes while the job is running).

• Coded character set identifier job attribute
  When an interactive job is started, the job CCSID value is taken from the user profile. When a batch job is started, the current job CCSID is used unless a CCSID is specifically entered on the SBMJOB command.
• Job default coded character set identifier
  A job attribute, job default CCSID (DFTCCSID), is created for jobs with a CCSID of 65535. The DFTCCSID value is used by a system code when a CCSID other than 65535 is needed.
• Job library list
  The language used for textual data (displays, messages, printed output, and online help information) is controlled by the library list for the job.