The most common way to use a job description is by specifying it
in the Submit Job (SBMJOB) command. The job description (JOBD)
parameter is where you specify the job description that you want this job
to use. When you define a batch job, you can use the job description in one
of two ways:
- Use a specified job description without overriding any of its attributes.
For example:
SBMJOB JOB(OEDAILY) JOBD(QBATCH)
- Use a specified job description but override some of the attributes (using
the BCHJOB or SBMJOB command). For example,
to override the message logging in the job description QBATCH, you specify:
SBMJOB JOB(OEDAILY) JOBD(QBATCH) LOG(2 20 *SECLVL)
The following are additional commands that support the job description
parameter:
- Batch Job (BCHJOB): This command indicates the beginning
of a batch job in a batch input stream. It can also specify different values
for the attributes for the job instead of the ones specified in the job description
or user profile for this job. The values contained in the job description
or in the user profile named in that job description are used for most parameters
not coded in the BCHJOB command.
- Add Prestart Job Entry (ADDPJE): The Add Prestart Job
Entry (ADDPJE) command adds a prestart job entry to the
specified subsystem description. The entry identifies prestart jobs that may
be started when the subsystem is started or when the Start Prestart Jobs (STRPJ)
command is entered.
- Add Autostart Job Entry (ADDAJE): The Add Autostart
Job Entry (ADDAJE) command adds an autostart job entry
to the specified subsystem description. The entry identifies the job name
and the job description to be used to automatically start a job.
- Add Work Station Entry (ADDWSE): The Add
Work Station Entry (ADDWSE) command adds a workstation
entry to the specified subsystem description. Each entry describes one or
more workstations that are controlled by the subsystem. The workstations identified
in the workstation entries are allowed to sign on or enter the subsystem and
run jobs.
Note: You cannot override any job description attributes for autostart
jobs, workstation jobs, or communications jobs.