Incomplete Symbol Specification

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

Received the message "Incomplete Symbol Specification" when triggering an Event/Application. The JCL for the job has SAS logic as part of a SYSIN which includes the SAS statement "CALL EXECUTE('%EMAILPKG("&EMAIL","&CMNUM","&PGROUP" and ESP forced in a /*del card causing the job to fail in the Initiator.

Environment

Release:
Component: ESPWA

Resolution

If it is true that you use % as your SYMBOL inducer for ESP variables you have some options. 
You can use a different ESP symbolic introducer than %, SYMBOL can be 
used in ESP Proc to switch to a different introducer, like #, $ etc.

For example:  
SYMBOL & 

Another approach is to use following way to run the job, then track the job 
as manual job when needed: 

EVENT ID ... 
SUBMIT 'PRD.JOB.LIB(jobname)' 
ENDDEF 

Or add following to the JCL: 
//*ESPsymbol & 

this is only a sample: 

//STEP2 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 
//*ESPSYMBOL @ 
//SAS DD * 
"CALL EXECUTE('%EMAILPKG("&EMAIL","&CMNUM","&PGROUP" 
//*ESPSYMBOL % 
//STEP3 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14 

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