FWIW, this old change does document the actual existence of JCTJOBID='A': Change 08.224 Support for MVS/ESA 4.2 (RMF 4.2.1). Jan 28, 1991
d. The JCTJOBID field from which TYPETASK and JESNR are extracted has changed with APPC. Instead of three characters JOB/STC/TSU follwed by the five digit JESNR the JCTJOBID will contain an "A" and a seven digit number, which MXG stores in TYPETASK and JESNR, but the maximum JESNR is 999,999 because the first of the seven digits is always a zero. You should check if any reporting programs use TYPETASK for selection, and to ensure they are coded robustly so they will not fail if TYPETASK='A' is encountered. The JCTJOBID change was not compatibly implemented and changed VMAC6,VMAC30,VMAC32,VMAC26J2, and VMAC26J3. SMF records use the fieldname SMFnnJNM for the eight byte JCTJOBID field. This IBM change in that field could also affect "banner page" printing code in your SMF exits. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 1:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Where is format of Job ID documented? On Sat, 18 Jun 2016 21:00:38 +0000, Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com> wrote: >How could I determine if APPC output is clogging my spool? I don't see any at >the moment. Set PREFIX=* , DEST= (null) and OWNER=* in SDSF. Issue "H ALL" and sort on JOBID and look for Annnnnnn Issue "O" and sort on JOBID and look for Annnnnnn This assumes you don't have any SDSF parms or SDSF SAF security rules preventing you from seeing the output. Regards, Mark -- Mark Zelden - Zelden Consulting Services - z/OS, OS/390 and MVS ITIL v3 Foundation Certified mailto:m...@mzelden.com Mark's MVS Utilities: http://www.mzelden.com/mvsutil.html Systems Programming expert at http://search390.techtarget.com/ateExperts/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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