Selecting your compare - JCL criteria
The Compare - JCL Criteria Screen, as shown in the following figure, allows you to specify processing and output options for your JCL compare.
Compare criteria
Use the following fields to specify the JCL criteria that you want File-AID to use in the comparison.
Type | Description |
|---|---|
Compare type | Specify the compare type for JCL: K for Keyword, L for Line compare. |
Exclude options
Use the following fields to specify what you want File-AID to exclude during the comparison.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Exclude Comments | Enter Y (Yes--default) to exclude comments or N (No) to include the comments in the compare. |
Exclude in-stream data | Enter Y (Yes--default) to exclude instream data in the JCL compare or N (No) to include instream data in the JCL compare. |
Print options
Type | Description |
|---|---|
Modify print defaults | Specify whether you want to modify the print options for the Compare Report. Print option values are saved in your user profile. Valid entries are Y (Yes) and N (No). All default print option values are the last print option values that you entered for the last source compare. |
Compare - JCL Criteria Screen
Steps:
- Type K in the Compare type field to specify keyword JCL compare.
- Type Y in the Exclude comments field.
- Type N in the Exclude in-stream data field.
- Type Y in the Modify print defaults field.
- Press Enter. File-AID displays the Compare - JCL Print Options (Page 1) screen as illustrated in the following figure.