JCL

Summary -

This page describes audiences, objectives, prerequisites, and the topics covered as part of the tutorial.

Introduction -

JCL is an acronym for Job Control language. Job control language (JCL) is a set of statements. A JCL statement coded tells the z/OS operating system about the work want to perform.

JCL defining and controlling the program execution to get the desired output based on the input. JCL statements tell z/OS where to find the input, how to process that input (what programs/utilities to run) and what to do with the resulting output.

Objective and Audiences -

In this tutorial, all the topics are covered with in-depth information. So, this tutorial is advised for all developers.

Prerequisites -

There are no prerequisites to learn JCL language if learning the JCL for file manipulations. Having the computation background will be an advantage in understanding the concepts a bit easy. Without having computation background, it is a bit time taking to understand the concepts and need to go through the topic more than once to understand clearly.