I had similar interests not long ago, and got some direction with CHKTRID from Binyamin Dissen and Rob Scott:
On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 8:12 AM Rob Scott <rsc...@rocketsoftware.com> wrote: > > > If the OP is willing to call an interface instead, the use ERBSMFI and get > SMF79-1 records and look at the values in R791TAS. > > CHKTRID is a good place to start if you are trying to work this out from > control blocks yourself, but there are a few nuances to consider (assuming > you have the ASCB address for the ASID) : > > (o) If ASCBJBNI is non-zero, you need to get the CSCB from CHCSCBP (based > CHNAME on ASCBJBNI) > (o) If ASCBJBNI is zero, use ASCBCSCB > (o) If CHJOBID, then you might have a JOB, but it will be STC if ASCBJBNI=0 > (o) CHTSID = TSU > (o) Otherwise you have an STC, but then you need to identity ASCH, OMVS > and INITs from jobnames > > If you then want to accurately populate fields like “STEPNAME” and > “PROCSTEP” you need to be careful as they can come from different places > depending on the logic above. > > It is a bit messy TBH. > > Also bear in mind that ASID(0001) is called “SYSLOG” 😊 > > Rob Scott > Rocket Software > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 11:09 AM Lindy Mayfield < 000005a2ba9c925b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > For the job id on my system, the name starts STC* for started task, TSU* > for TSO user, JOB* for batch (and sometimes initiatiors), and there seems > to be an 'other' category. But I noticed on another system that the jobid > names are different. Out of curiosity, where is that naming defined? I > didn't find it in the usual places. > > Since the naming convention can change, is there another way to find out > the job type, STC, JOB, TSU, etc, in a control block somewhere? My program > is already going through all the ASCB and related control blocks, so that > would be the best place to look for that info. > > Thanks for your help. 🙂 > > Kind regards, > Lindy > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
