Real-time syntax checking of JCL files
The JCL Editor automatically validates the syntax of JCL.
The editor performs real-time syntax checking and provides annotations
that describe the errors. If an error is found, a warning icon (
) is displayed. To see the annotation
that describes the error, hover your mouse over the icon. The maximum
number of errors that are reported is based on the value that is specified
for the Maximum number of problems reported per compilation
unit editor preference.
You can customize the appearance of the annotations. The default appearance is a yellow squiggly
line under the detected error. To customize, click Window (on Windows) or
IBM Developer for z Systems (on macOS) > on Windows or
Eclipse. Then, select Warnings in the annotation types list. Change the appearance by
selecting values under Show in. For example, to highlight the error, check
the Text as box and select Highlighted from the menu.
Use the Color field to define the highlight color.
To validate the data set names that are referenced in JCL files, select Source > Validate JCL or press Alt+V in the JCL Editor.
To turn off real-time syntax checking, select Disable syntax parser on the Real-Time Syntax Checking preference page.
Limitations
- Command and control statements are color coded, but their syntax is not checked.
- The syntax of in-stream data is not checked.