Using a Job or Jobstep to invoke Access Method Services

For example:

//YOURJOB  JOB  YOUR INSTALLATION'S JOB=ACCOUNTING DATA
//STEP1    EXEC PGM=IDCAMS
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN    DD   *

 access method services commands and their parameters

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• //YOURJOB, the JOB statement, is required to describe your job to the system. You might be required to supply user identification, accounting, and authorization information with the JOB statement's parameters.
• //STEP1, the EXEC statement, is required. With PGM=IDCAMS, this statement calls access method services to decode and process the access method services commands and parameters contained in the SYSIN data set. You can use the PARM operand of the EXEC statement to pass parameters to the access method services program. Modal Commands, describes the PARM command and explains the options you can use.
• //SYSPRINT, the SYSPRINT DD statement, is required. It identifies the output device to which access method services sends messages and output information.
• //SYSIN, the SYSIN DD statement, is required to identify the source of the input statements. An input statement is a functional or modal command and its parameters. When you code SYSIN DD *, you identify the following statements as input.