Summary

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

Introduction

• The IEFBR14 is a no-operation or dummy utility supplied by IBM.
• IEFBR14 uses the DISP parameter to process DD statements specified along with the EXEC statement by returning the control to z/OS.
• Submitting a JCL to run IEFBR14 causes the z/OS job scheduler to check JCL statements for syntax errors.

Objective and Audiences

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

If you are a newbie to IEFBR14 utility, go through the IEFBR14 Tutorial (for Beginners)

Prerequisites

Readers need to have the JCL basic knowledge to understand the IEFBR14 concepts easily. Go through the below tutorial -

• JCL tutorial

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For basic information, go through IEFBR14 Tutorial (for Beginners)