Displaying job data sets
You can view job data sets in the JES subsystem.
About this task
Restriction: For obtaining up-to-date output for
active jobs, getting the active job output is not supported for JES3
releases earlier than z/OS® V1R10.
This limitation is caused by JES API limitations in the earlier releases.
Use JES3 release z/OS V1R10
or later.
Procedure
- To see the list of job data sets in the JES subsystem of
the Remote Systems view, expand . The following screen capture shows a job that is expanded to the data sets. The list of data sets provides the step name, the procedure step name, the DD name, and the return code for the step.
- To open the Properties view for a
job data set, select the data set name. The following screen capture shows the Properties view open on a job data set. For more information about the data set properties for job data sets, see the related topics.
- To see the properties in the Remote System Details view,
right-click the job name in the Remote Systems view
and select Show in Table. The following screen capture shows a job open in the Remote System Details view. For more information about the data set properties for job data sets, see the related topics.
In the Remote System Details view, you can change the order of the column headings, add or remove columns, and sort the table entries by clicking a column heading. - To open all data sets together in an editor, double-click
the job name or right-click the job name and select Open.
If the number of lines in the download exceeds the default preference setting for Maximum Number of Lines to Download, you are prompted for the number of lines to download. The data sets are opened in the default editor and are read only.
- To open a specific data set in an editor, double-click the data set name or right-click it and select Open.