JCL Statements

• There are major three most frequently used JCL statements are JOB, EXEC and DD statement.
• JOB statement is used to specify information related to Job i.e. job name, programmer name, accounting information etc.
• EXEC statement is used to specify the program and procedure to be executed
• DD statement is used to specify information about files, printers or resources used.

Before describing these statements in details, let’s see rules for coding JCL Statements:-

• Must be upper case characters
• Are written lines of 80 columns
• Up to 71 character for JCL content
• 72 to 80 for comments
• Must not contain typographical errors
• Neither Extra or Less spaces
• No missing commas