Run the OPDEMO Application

Walks you through the process of submitting the OPDEMO JCL job to start the OPDEMO application, and to view spool queues and the catalog from the Server Explorer.

Submit the OPDEMO Job

  • In the Eclipse Application Explorer view, right-click opdemo.jcl, and select Submit JCL to associated Server from the context menu.

    The JCL is submitted to the PLIDEMO server.

View OPDEMO spool queues

From the Server Explorer in Eclipse, you can access and control the JES spool queues. To access them:

  1. In the Server Explorer, right-click PLIDEMO.
  2. Select Show Spool.

    The Spool:<ES-name> tab is displayed. By default, the completed jobs are set to display, and so the completed job is listed.

  3. Double-click OPDEMO.

    The job details are displayed in a new tab.

  4. Expand the DD Entries, DD Entry Details and DD Entry Display sections, and then select steps in the DD Entries section.

    The DD Entry Details and DD Entry Display sections are updated with details of the currently selected step.

View the OPDEMO catalog

The catalog file holds details of data sets required by the JCL jobs that run in an enterprise server instance. To view the catalog:

  1. the Server Explorer, right-click PLIDEMO and select Show Catalog.

    The Catalog:<ES-name> tab is displayed. The contents of the catalog is displayed without a filter applied.OPDEMO.SYSUT2 was the data set created by the sample job.

  2. Double-click OPDEMO.SYSUT2.
  3. Expand the Display section to see the contents of the data set.
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