Problem:

How do you set up and execute a JCL in a project off-shift with a date different than today? This is easy in debug but can you set the date warp up to get the job triggered by the Windows scheduler?

Resolution:

There are two parts to this solution. You will need some environment variables set up on the machine/server and you need a .CMD file to run the job. We have runtime tunables that can be used and there are settings for datewarp and timewarp. Set up a configuration file and the put the date and time into the cfg file so it can be picked up at runtime. Edit a file with an extension of .cfg, for example:

SET name=value

where:

name The name of the run-time tunable .

value The value to be assigned to the run-time tunable .

Possible names are 'datewarp' or 'datewarp_dynamic' and you can set values for current_day, current_year etc. in the .cfg file that will be honored at runtime. Once you have edited and saved the .cfg file, the next step is to add a Windows environment variable to let the runtime know where your .cfg file is. Go to your Windows environment tab to set this value.

SET COBCONFIG=e:\\mydir\\myconf.cfg

The set statement in the batch file sets the locations of the .cfg file. Next, set up the batch job, for example:

REM THIS will execute a batch job in a project

REM it iwl be scheduled to run

Q:

cd \\mfsync

CALL C:\\mfe\\base\\bin\\createnv.bat

echo Starting batch job

MFECL /runexe Q:\\MFUSER\\Projects31\\Run_Batch_Pilot_400\\Run_Batch_Pilot_400.MVP MFJCL.exe Q:\\MFUSER\\Projects31\\Run_Batch_Pilot_400\\DATA\\TESTSCHED.JCL /JCLVER:JES-2

exit