Submitting a batch job

You can submit one or more batch jobs from the z/OS® Explorer z/OS perspective. You can either submit the jobs from the Data Sets view or you can submit a job from the data set editor.

Submitting a job from the Data Sets view:

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About this task

This procedure explains how you submit a job from the Data Sets view without having to open the file first.

Procedure

  1. Open the Data Sets view and navigate to the file you want to submit. If you want to submit multiple files, select the files using Ctrl+click. You can select members from different data sets and sequential files, and submit them all at the same time.
  2. Right-click the file, or files, and click Submit.

Results

The file, or files, are submitted. See the results section later in this topic for more information.

Submitting a job from the Data Set Editor view:

About this task

This procedure explains how you can open a file in the Data Set Editor, make changes, and then submit the changed file from in the editor. You can then choose whether or not to save the changes to the file.

Procedure

  1. Open the Data Sets view and navigate to the file you want to edit and submit.
  2. Double-click the file, or right-click and click Open. The file opens in the Data Set editor.
  3. Make any changes you want then right-click in the editor and click Submit. You can then save the file, or close it without saving.

Results

When a file is submitted a confirmation message, including the job number, is shown in the status bar. The job is shown in the Jobs view when it is refreshed.