PM36300: JCL ERROR IEFC618I OPERAND FIELD DOES NOT TERMINATE IN COMMA OR BLANK IEFC622I UNBALANCED PARENTHESES AND IEFC621I CONTINUATION

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The DB2 Administration Tool for z/OS Change Management job
  fails with a JCL error:
  IEFC618I OPERAND FIELD DOES NOT TERMINATE IN COMMA OR BLANK
  IEFC622I UNBALANCED PARENTHESES ON THE EXEC STATEMENT
  IEFC621I EXPECTED CONTINUATION NOT RECEIVED
  as the options selected by the user on panel GOC5 "Generate
  Compare Jobs", panel GOC5RO "Specify Compare Reporting Options"
  and panel ADB2CMRO "Change Management Prompt" results in a PARM
  line in the JCL which ends in column 72:
  //T01COMP  EXEC PGM=GOC2CMP,PARM=('/;REPCHG,REPIGSYS,REPSUM',
  'REPCOUNT,REPCONV,ALTPART,REORGM,RUNID(NOLT03),CMDELTA,DACVE,')
  

Local fix

• Amend the PARM line to span additional lines.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of the DB2 Object Comparison Tool      *
  *                 for z/OS who use Change Management to        *
  *                 generate the compare report.                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The DB2 Administration Tool for z/OS    *
  *                      Change Management job fails with a JCL  *
  *                      error:                                  *
  *                                                              *
  *                      "IEFC618I OPERAND FIELD                 *
  *                      DOES NOT TERMINATE IN                   *
  *                      COMMA OR BLANK IEFC622I                 *
  *                      UNBALANCED PARENTHESES                  *
  *                      ON THE EXEC STATEMENT                   *
  *                      IEFC621I EXPECTED                       *
  *                      CONTINUATION NOT RECEIVED"              *
  *                                                              *
  *                      as the options selected by the user     *
  *                      on panel GOC5 "Generate Compare         *
  *                      Jobs", panel GOC5RO "Specify Compare    *
  *                      Reporting Options", and panel           *
  *                      ADB2CMRO "Change Management Prompt"     *
  *                      results in a PARM line in the JCL       *
  *                      which ends in column 72:                *
  *                                                              *
  *                      //T01COMP  EXEC                         *
  *                      PGM=GOC2CMP,                            *
  *                      PARM=('/;REPCHG,                        *
  *                      REPIGSYS,REPSUM',                       *
  *                      'REPCOUNT,REPCONV,                      *
  *                      ALTPART,REORGM,                         *
  *                      RUNID(IDxxxx),CMDELTA,                  *
  *                      text DACVE,')                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The parameters of program GOC2CMP exceeds column 72 in the JCL.
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been resolved.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UK69176 UK69175

Modules/Macros

•    GOCGCMP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DB2 OBJECT COMP

• Fixed component ID

  5697G6400

Applicable component levels

• RA10 PSY UK69175

     UP11/06/30 P F106

• R720 PSY UK69176

     UP11/06/30 P F106

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