A POWER job is an entity stored in one of the POWER job entry system (a.k.a. spooler) queues (RDR, PUN, LST, or XMT) on a VSE host. RDR queue entities are typically VSE job streams. PUN or LST queue entities are typically output from VSE job streams already processed. XMT queue entities are entities waiting to be transmitted to another system.
A POWER job is identified by its queue, its job name, its assigned job number, and for PUN or LST entries, its segment number:
The queue is either RDR, PUN, LST, or XMT.
Job name can be up to 8 characters in length.
Job numbers are assigned by POWER.
[Applies to PUN and LST job entries only.] Segment numbers are assigned by POWER for segmented output only. The original segment number is 1 and is incremented for each successive segment.
Parameter input
The items comprising the POWER job identification are always entered in the above order, i.e., queue, job name, job number, segment number. This statement does not imply that all of the items are present in any identification. But, it does mean that when an item is present, it is in the above order. For example, the queue would never follow the job name. Nor would the job name ever follow the job number.
If the queue is not specified, LST is assumed. For example, the following identifies the POWER job of name "BIJROUF" in the LST queue:
bijrouf
If the queue is specified, it is followed by a period (.). For example, the following identifies the POWER job of name "BIREXIO" in the RDR queue:
rdr.birexio
Either the job name or the job number or both the job name and job number must be specified. If both the job name and job number are specified, they are separated by a slash (/).
If a segment number is specified, it is preceded by a slash (/).
The following are all valid job entry identifications:
rdr.cicsprod
(q=RDR,name=cicsprod)
cicsprod
(q=LST,name=cicsprod)
rdr.49
(q=RDR,number=49)
birexio/126
(q=LST,name=birexio,number=126)
cicstest/126/2
(q=LST,name=cicstest,number=126,seg=2)
lst.cicstest//1
(q=LST,name=cicstest,seg=1)