Intrinsic Symbolic Variables Used in Connect:Direct for z/OS and Microsoft Windows
IBM® Connect:Direct® provides the following intrinsic symbolic variables that you can use to substitute user-defined values when a Process is executed. This flexibility lets you use the same Process for multiple applications when these values change.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| %DD2DSN | Specifies an allocated DD statement, which references a DSN to be passed to a Process being submitted (for Connect:Direct for z/OS®) |
| %JDATE | Specifies the date the Process was submitted in
Julian format. The variable is resolved as the submission date of
the Process in the format yyyyddd. Among other uses, the value returned
is suitable for constructing a file name on the node receiving the
file. The value of the variable is resolved at Process submit time. The value will correspond to the date on which the Process was submitted, regardless of when or how many times the Process is actually executed. |
| %JOBID | Specifies the job number. |
| %JOBNM | Specifies the job name. |
| %JUSER | Specifies a variable that resolves to the USERID of the submitted job. |
| %NUM1 | Specifies the submission time of the Process in minutes, seconds, and fraction of seconds in the format mmssth. |
| %NUM2 | Specifies the submitted time of a Process as the low order 4 bits of the milliseconds of the time expressed as 1 hex digit (a value from 0 through 15 expressed as 0 through F). |
| %PNODE | PNODE name where the submit occurs |
| %PRAND | Pseudo-random number (6 hex digits) |
| %SUBDATE | Specifies the date the Process was submitted in
Gregorian format. The variable is resolved as the submission date
of the Process in the format cyymmdd where c is the century indicator
and is set to 0 for year 19yy or 1 for year 20yy. The value returned can be used to create a file name on the node receiving the file. |
| %SUBDATE1 | Use this parameter to substitute the submitted date in the yyyymmdd date format. |
| %SUBDATE2 | Use this parameter to substitute the submitted date in the yyyyddmm date format. |
| %SUBDATE3 | Use this parameter to substitute the submitted date in the mmddyyyy date format. |
| %SUBDATE4 | Use this parameter to substitute the submitted date in the ddmmyyyy date format. |
| %SUBTIME | Specifies the time the process was submitted.
The variable is resolved as the submission time of the process in
the format hhmmss. The return value can be used to create a file name
on the node receiving the file. The value of the variable is resolved at Process submit time. The value will correspond to the time at which the Process was submitted, regardless of when or how many times the Process is actually executed. |
| %USER | Specifies a variable that resolves to the user submitting the Process |
In the following example for Connect:Direct for z/OS, the DSN specified in the FROMDD statement is DALLAS.DATA.FILE.
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The DSN resolves to DALLAS.DATA.FILE when Connect:Direct for z/OS executes the Process containing the intrinsic symbolic variable