STEPCATs and JOBCATs
The Trial utility does not require STEPCATs and JOBCATs, but you can use them.
DATA ACCELERATOR Compression processes only the first STEPCAT or JOBCAT in the concatenation.
If you use a STEPCAT or JOBCAT and include the CATALOG keyword, the Trial utility limits the catalog search to the specified catalog; the Trial utility ignores the STEPCAT or JOBCAT.
Figure 1 illustrates the use of STEPCATs and JOBCATs in Trial utility JCL. If catalog CATALOG.UCAT.INFOB contains data sets with the high-level qualifier ABC, the Trial utility includes those data sets in the trial.
Figure 1. Trial Utility JCL when Using STEPCATs and JOBCATs
//JOBNAME JOB (ACCT#),'Programmer Name'
//JOBCAT DD DSN=CATALOG.UCAT.INFOA,DISP=SHR
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN DD *
DACUBUP0
TRIAL IDS('ABC.**') CATALOG('CATALOG.UCAT.INFOB')
END
//JOBCAT DD DSN=CATALOG.UCAT.INFOA,DISP=SHR
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01
//SYSTSPRT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTSIN DD *
DACUBUP0
TRIAL IDS('ABC.**') CATALOG('CATALOG.UCAT.INFOB')
END
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