TPX Batch receiving errors : REQUIRED PARAMETER LIST MISSING and UNKNOWN COMMAND.

Products

• TPX - Session Management

Issue/Introduction

TPX Batch Administration execution fails with errors.

Resolution

TPX batch is flexible in allowing a batch command input to be spread over several input lines.

If the JCL member has NUMBER ON, the numbers in columns 72-80 will be read in as part of the SYSIN commands and fail with errors.

For example:

This batch job looks correct:

//BATCHADM EXEC TPX,VNODE='*BATCH*'         
//EXTFIL1  DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(1,1)),DISP=(MOD)        
//RPTFIL1  DD SYSOUT=*                                     
//SYSIN DD *                                                 
EXTRACT GIVING(EXTFIL1) PROFILE AND MATCHING SESSIONS        
    (PENTOPTI(Y))                                            
SET RTITLE1 ' Profile   SessionID  ApplID    Invisible '     
SET RTITLE2 ' ========  =========  ========  =========   '   
REPORT GIVING(RPTFIL1) USING(EXTFIL1)                        
    ((' &PIDXNAME' ' &PENTUSER' '  &PENTAPPL' ' &PENTOPTI' ))
/*                                                           
//                                                           
 

The job execution fails with the following errors:

TPBL1000 09/10/10.253 15:37:53.35 EXTRACT GIVING(EXTFIL1) PROFILE AND MATCHING SESSIONS                   00220001
TPBL1012 09/10/10.253 15:37:53.35 REQUIRED PARAMETER LIST MISSING               
TPBL1000 09/10/10.253 15:37:53.35     (PENTOPTI(Y))                                                       00221001
TPBL1011 09/10/10.253 15:37:53.35 UNKNOWN COMMAND                               
TPBL1011 09/10/10.253 15:37:53.35 UNKNOWN COMMAND                                

Scrolling right (PF11)  shows the numbers hidden in columns 72-80.  Remove the line numbers in the JCL and rerun.