If you want to make temporary changes to a job profile and then build the changed job profile, you can do so on the Update Jobs Profile Display using the BUILD command.
About this task
You can update job generation options, alter existing job groups by adding or removing profiles, or add or remove job groups without saving the profile. Using the BUILD command allows you to build an unscheduled job online; batch builds or scheduling the build is not allowed. After submitting the build, you can examine the message output and the generated job to determine whether you want to save the changes.
Procedure
- On the Update Jobs Profile Display, make changes to the job profile.
Note: If you update the contents of the object, exception, or utility profiles from within the job profile, the changes to those profiles are saved when you return to the Update Jobs Profile Display.
- Enter BUILD in the Option line and press Enter.
- On the Build Job window, verify or update the Build job in Data set and Member fields and the job cards.
- On the Build Job window, enter Y in the Edit Generated Job field to see the output of the build and press Enter.
- Optional: On the Messages Generated window, enter Y in the View Messages and View Job summary fields and press Enter.
If you enter Y in these fields, the Build Process Message Display and the Build Jobs Display appear in succession. When finished reviewing each screen, press PF3 (END) to continue.
- Optional: On the Messages Generated window, enter Y in the View Messages field and press Enter.
If you enter Y in this field, review the Build Process Message Display and press PF3 (END) when finished.
- The generated job is displayed in an ISPF edit session. Review the generated job to determine whether you want to keep the changes to the profile.
- Press PF3 (END) to exit the ISPF edit session.
- On the Update Jobs Profile Display, press PF3 (END) to save the changes that you made to the job profile, or enter CANCEL in the Option line to discard the changes.