SUBMIT—Submit Data for Batch Processing

The SUBMIT primary command submits the member or data set you are editing (or the part of the member or data set defined by the range of line pointers or the X or NX parameters) to be processed as a batch job.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSUBMITSUB.ZFIRST.ZLASTlabelalabelbXNX
labela, labelb
Labels identifying the start and end of the group of lines to be submitted.

For more information about using labels to identify a group of lines, see Labels and line ranges.

X
Submits only lines that are excluded from the display.
NX
Submits only lines that are not excluded from the display.

Description

The editor does not supply a job statement when you enter the SUBMIT command. You can supply job statements as part of the data being submitted. When you supply a job statement, only the job name is logged to the ISPF log data set to ensure the protection of sensitive data.

If the file being edited is described as ASCII or UTF-8 then the data submitted to the internal reader is converted to EBCDIC.

ISPF uses the TSO SUBMIT command to submit the job.

Examples

To submit lines between labels .START and .END as a batch job: 
SUBMIT .START .END
To submit all of the data as a batch job: 
SUBMIT
To submit only non-excluded lines as a batch job: 
SUBMIT NX