The CICS PA commands
are used to request reports and extracts. If you use the CICS PA dialog
to build and submit Report Sets, the commands are generated automatically,
but you do have the opportunity to edit them before job submission.
The
commands are specified in the
SYSIN DD statement of your
CICS PA batch
JCL. There are three ways to include the commands in your job stream:
- You can code the commands directly under //SYSIN DD *
- You can precode the commands and store them in a member of a PDS
which is then referenced in your JCL using
//SYSIN DD DSN=pdsname(member),DISP=SHR
- You can precode commands and store them for future use in the CICS PA command
library referenced by the CMDLIB DD statement in your JCL.
The precoded commands can then be included in your job stream using
the COPY or INCLUDE instruction under //SYSIN DD
* (for further information see COPY instruction)
See JCL for reports and extracts for a description and examples
of the JCL for producing CICS PA reports
and extracts.