I'm generally partial to Routecde or Writer because you're free to assign any value you like that's not already in use. Since this appears to be one-time exercise, the idea of using SDSF to group desired output is appealing. Once they're all sorted together, you can assign your magic value by overtyping all of them at once. (If you're using Vista3270, you could use PasteRepeat to fill a whole screen with the desired value.)
. . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 10:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Help with JES2 Offloader Thank you. I came to the same conclusions Probably an RFE in the works to add Date/Time to WS for Offloader Option 1: Create a new $WSTAB macro that contains the additional fields I want. This is in EXIT0 and could be a challenge Option 2: Move output to an unused output class Option 3: See if there is another field, like UCS, and adapt it for my needs. I have not seen UCS used, so may be a good place to change. Otherwise, from a offloader perspective, what you see on SDSF is not always included in the WS criteria for OFFLOADER. Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Elardus Engelbrecht > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2018 1:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Help with JES2 Offloader > > Lizette Koehler wrote: > > >I have not setup an offloader in a few decades. I am not sure if I > >can do what I want I know how to setup the Offloader, the OFFx.Sx and > >dataset name/retention/unit > > Good. Your'e in the same boat like me. I was at one stage responsible > for > JES2 Offloader until we got output manager software package. > > >I have a JES2 Output queue, call it OUTPUT CLASS A, where I need to > >offload some but not all of the output I would like to offload all > >work from > Jan 2018 in output class A and nothing else. > >These have various jes2 jobnums, writer names, owner names, etc. So > >there > is no criteria that would be very specific to what I want. > >What I would like to do is offload the OUTPUT CLASS A output by > >jobname mask AND create-date CRDATE > > CRDATE? I have also encountered that problem in the ancient times... > > Ok. This is what I did in those glorious times: > > I discovered that HOLD is a nice way to separate the output to be selected. > > Use SDSF to select your jobs, output etc. using Filter, Owner, Prefix, > Destination, etc. > Now, you go to the Output screen, then your sort the column CrDate. > > Place all the jobs NOT suitable for your Offload in HOLD. > > Now setup your Offloader to accept all output with HOLD=NO using these > example commands: > > (Careful - I have NOT tested this specific example, this sample below > came from my ancient notes how to use Offloaders) > > Sample command: $T OFF(n).JT,WS=(CLASS,HOLD),CLASS=A,HOLD=NO > > > >I have been reading the manuals, but I am not finding much on the > >crdate I > would like to use. > > I have also looked up in IBM KnowLedge Centre, but also did not see > CrDate there in the $T OFF pages unless I missed that. > > So I have thinked about using and separating the selections using the HOLD. > HOLD=YES before your date and HOLD=NO after your date. > > Perhaps you can setup your SDSF in batch to do your selection, sort by > Crdate and placing the HOLD where needed. > > Good luck! Offloader is a difficult subject to master. But once you > got it, then you wonder why you're struggling... ;-) > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
