How can I extend a long COMMAND statement across multiple lines in the SYSVIEW GSVXBAT Batch Interface job JCL?

Products

• SYSVIEW Performance Management

Issue/Introduction

How to use the long COMMAND statement across multiple lines in the SYSVIEW GSVXBAT Batch Interface?

Resolution

A COMMAND statement with the command text ending with a + sign within the parentheses indicates that the command text will be continued in the next COMMAND statement that follows in the SYSIN using this format as an example:

COMMAND=(DLEXPORT AUDITDEF.*.*.* SYSA.DEV.SYSVIEW.R141.CNM4BDAT SYSA.DLE.+)
COMMAND=(OUTPUT(EXPORT6) IDENT NOCONFIRM)                                            

The above is equivalent to the following COMMAND statement that would not have fit on one line in the GSVXBAT job JCL:

COMMAND=(DLEXPORT AUDITDEF.*.*.* SYSA.DEV.SYSVIEW.R141.CNM4BDAT SYSA.DLE.OUTPUT(EXPORT6) IDENT NOCONFIRM)

This method is the same as that which would be used to extend a long command while logged into SYSVIEW. 

Additional Information

Additional information regarding the use of the GSVXBAT Batch Interface can be found in the chapter Use the Batch Interface