Job Control Statements

You can start a system or data set utility program in the following ways:

Place job control statements in a file and give the file to JES to run, for example, by the TSO SUBMIT command.
Place job control statements, placed in a procedure library and run them with the MVS™ operator START command or include them in a JOB with the EXEC job control statement.
Use TSO CALL command.
Use another program which uses the CALL, LINK, or ATTACH macro.

Most JCL examples shown in this publication specify parameters used in locating uncataloged data sets. With cataloged data sets, the UNIT and VOL=SER parameters are not necessary.

Related reading:

For information about allocating SMS-managed data sets, see z/OS DFSMS Using Data Sets .
For information about coding JCL statements, see z/OS MVS JCL Reference .