CA7

1. What is CA7?
It s a Scheduler.IT schedules the job to the particular time and date.
2. What is the command to see ca7info of a job?
1. LJOB, JOB=<NAME>, LIST=NODD (Display job info)
2. LQ, JOB=<NAME> (JOBS IN Q)
3. LJCL, JOB=<NAME> (DISPLAY THE JCL)
3. What do you mean by triggering? what is triggering and triggered by jobs?
If a job initiates another job then it is called as T.A job which triggers
another job is called as Tr by jobs.
4. What do you mean by requirement? what is successor and predecessor jobs?
Dataset or jobs required for the execution of particular job is called as Req.
P.jobs are those which need to execute before the execution of particular jobs.
Triggered by job is always a predecessor job but predecessor job may or may not
br triggered by job.
JOB A --- Predec. Job
JOB B --- Jobs which is to be run
JOB C --- Succ job
Successor job The job which executes after the particular job which we have to r
un.
5. If a job A triggers job B and job C is req. for job B? How job B will behave
while running?
JOB B will on hold until C will run for a particular wait time than it will
abend.
6. what is dataset trigger, time trigger?
If a job is triggeres by a dataset then it is called as DS T Job whereas if a j
ob triggers at a
Particular time then it is called as T.T job.
7. what is schd id? for daily job, oto job wht are the schids?
All jobs are associated with the SCHDID. Ex-
SCHID 1 Default when a job is demanded with no SCHID.
SCHID 10 - 19 Jobs scheduled on a daily basis.
SCHID 20 - 29 Jobs scheduled on a weekly basis.
SCHID 30 - 39 Jobs scheduled on a monthly basis.
SCHID 40 - 49 Jobs scheduled on a quarterly basis.
SCHID 50 - 59 Jobs scheduled on a yearly or year-end basis.
SCHID 100 Jobs for on-demand/exception basis.
SCHID 200 Jobs scheduled for disaster recovery.
SCHID 222 NDM process jobs that are demanded upon unsuccessful transmissio
n.
8. In CA7 can we see last run time of the job or not , if yes how?
We can see. This info is available at the right top corner..

Changeman
1. what is use of changeman.
Changeman is used in development environments, for easy version controlling of c
omponents. It is basically a version control tool.
2. How to stage new components in CM.
Using 1-buid, 6- stage,1- dev and Enter package ID then give from private PDS na
me
3. How to stage an existing component to CM.
Checkout, Recompile the program then it will automatically stage.
4. What is checkout?
You are taking the baseline component to package for modification.
5. what are the status of the components : ->
Active, checkout, Incomplete
EZY
1. what is difference between easytrieve and cobol?
No divisions in EZY, NO need to compile because no load module required, we cant
process,
It is not structured, we cant Access DB, We cant debug using Debugging tool like
Expeditor.
2. what is manadtory in an easytrieve prog? -> job stsmt
3. how many ways are there to read input files?-->Manual and Automatic
4. what is difference between automatic read and manual read?
In AR the input files have to be sorted.In AR there is no get statement.
5. how are file layouts being accssed in easytrieve similar to copybook in cobol
?
Through Maclib
6. what are the verbs used to read and write a file -> get , put
7. how can we do matching logic in automatic read? If matched
8. In automatic read if no file is specified then how will be the job statemant?
Job Input
9. what are the types of data types? Same of cobol.
FILE AID
1. How to (command):
- To create a dataset, GDG 3.2
- Browse a dataset--1
- Copy a dataset from one file to another---3.3
- Map a file to a copybook--1
- select some recs based on some cond from the file
- How to create a vsam 3.5
- Search 3.6