You can use several methods of submitting a job for batch processing; most involve either TSO or ISPF.

Using UNIX® as an analogy, a UNIX process can be processed in the background by appending an ampersand (&) to the end of a command or script. Pressing Enter then submits the work as a background process.

In z/OS® terminology, work (a job) is submitted for batch processing. Batch processing is a rough equivalent to UNIX background processing. The job runs independently of the interactive session. The term batch is used because it is a large collection of jobs that can be queued, waiting their turn to be executed when the needed resources are available. Commands to submit jobs might take any of the following forms:

ISPF editor command line

Type submit or sub and press Enter.

ISPF command shell

When your JCL data set is sequential, type submit `USER.JCL' and press Enter.

ISPF command line

• When your JCL data set is sequential, type TSO submit 'USER.JCL' and press Enter.
• When your JCL data set is a library or partitioned data set containing the member you want to submit, type TSO submit 'USER.JCL(MYJOB)' and press Enter.

TSO command line

Type submit 'USER.JCL' and press Enter.