ACTIVE-JOBS

File 29
Op-Sys z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD
Statement FIND
Task Retrieve the tasks that are currently active in the system and get information about them; for example, the amount of CPU time already used by the tasks.

Under BS2000/OSD: corresponds to BS2000/OSD command /sta p: retrieve tasks of Type 2 or 3.

 


Common Fields for all Operating Systems

Dictionary Field Name F/L Mu DE Remarks
ERROR-CODE N3      
ERROR-TEXT A58      
NODE N5   D  
NODE-NAME A16   D  
CPU-USED N7.2   D  
DISPATCHING-PRIORITY B1   D  
JOB-ID A8   D  
JOB-NAME A8   D  
JOB-NUMMMER N5   D  
STATUS A8   D  
SYSTEM-MESSAGE-CODE A10      
TYPE A6   D  

Additional Fields Supported for z/OS and z/VSE

Dictionary Field Name F/L Mu DE Remarks
REGION-ALLOCATED-BELOW N7   D  
REGION-LIMIT-BELOW N7   D  
REGION-ALLOCATED-ABOVE N7   D  
REGION-LIMIT-ABOVE N7   D  

Additional Fields Supported for z/OS s

Dictionary Field Name F/L Mu DE Remarks
ADDRESS B4      
ASID N4   D  
CLASSES A6   D Relevant wirh TYPE=JOB
DISPATCHABLE A3   D  
JES-INIT-ID A4   D Relevant with TYPE=JOB
PROC-NAME A8   D  
QUESCE A3      
REGION N7   D  
RESOURCE-GROUP A8      
SERVER A3      
SERVICE-CLASS A8      
SERVICE-CLASS-PERIODE N3      
SIO-CUNT N11   D  
STEP-NAME A8   D  
TCB B4   D  
WORKLOAD A8      

Additional Fields Supported for z/VSE

Dictionary Field Name F/L Mu DE Remarks
ADDRESS B4      
CLASSES A6   D  
PARTITION A2   D  
PROC-NAME A8   D  
REGION N5   D  
REPLY-ID A3   D  
SIO-COUNT N11   D  
STEP-NAME A8   D  
VSIZE N5   D  

Additional Fields Supported for BS2000/OSD

Dictionary Field Name F/L Mu DE Remarks
ACCOUNT-NUMBER A8      
CPU-MAX N7.2      
HOLD A3      
SYSTEM-CODE B2      
TYPE-NUMBER N1      
USER A8      

Relevant Error Codes

Code Text z/OS z/Vse BS2000/OSD
699 Not enough main storage available.     X
728 You are not allowed to see this job.     X
750 Invalid operand within operand list.     X
751 Not enough memory to execute the function.     X
799 Entire System Serer internal error.     X
830

z/OS: JES interface is not active.

z/VSE: POWER interface not active.

X X  
831 Error during queue initialization X X  
988 Invalid task type detected.     X

Field Descriptions

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
ACCOUNT-NUMBER (A8) Bs2000/OSD

Account number of the job.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
ADDRESS (B4) z/OS, z/VSE

ASCB address.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
ASID (N4) z/OS

Address space identifier.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
CLASSES (A6) z/OS Relevant when TYPE=JOBS: batch initiatior classes
z/VSE CLASSES assigned to the partition.
Field Name Format/Length Operating System
CPU-USED (N7.2) z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD

The amount of CPU time consumed by the job/address space. Format: SSSSS.HH.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
CPU-MAX (N7.2) BS2000/OSD

The CPU time limit for the job.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
DISPATCHABLE (A3) z/OS

Dispatchability of address space. Possible values:

Value Explanation
NO Address space is not dispatchable
YES Address space is dispatchable
Field Name Format/Length Operating System
DISPATCHING-PRIORITY (B1) z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD

Dispatching priority given by the operating system. For BS2000/OSD, the run priority of the task.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
HOLD (A3) BS2000/OSD

Indicates if a job is in HOLD status. Possible values:

  • NO

  • YES

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
JES-INIT-ID (A4) z/OS

Relevant when TYPE=JOB: JES batch initiator identifier.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
JOB-ID (A8) z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD

Job number in alphanumeric format. Must be used for BS2000/OSD V10 with alphanumeric TSNs. In case of numeric job numbers, the job number will also be returned in field JOB-NUMBER.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
JOB-NAME (A8) z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD

Name of the job. In z/OS, z/VSE, this is taken from the job card.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
JOB-NUMBER (N7) OS390 z/VSE, BS2000/OSD
Column Heading Meaning
z/OS JES job identifier
z/VSE POWER job identifier
BS2000/OSD TSN (task sequence number), if numeric.

This field will contain zero in case of alphanumeric TSN.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
PARTITION (A2) z/VSE

Partition identifier.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
PROC-NAME (A8) z/OS, z/VSE

Name of the procedure currently being executed.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
QUIESCE (A3) z/OS

Quiesce Indicator (YES/NO) (indicates if address space is quiesced).Relevant when TYPE=JOB: JES batch initiator identifier.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
REGION (N7) z/OS, z/VSE

Amount of real storage used by the address space in Kbytes.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
REGION-ALLOCATED-BELOW (N7) z/OS, z/VSE

Amount of virtual storage allocated below the 16 MB line (in KB).

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
REGION-LIMIT-BELOW (N7) z/OS, z/VSE

Amount of virtual storage that can be allocated below the 16 MB line (in KB).

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
REGION-ALLOCATED-ABOVE (N7) z/OS, z/VSE

Amount of virtual storage allocated above the 16 MB line (in KB).

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
REGION-LIMIT-ABOVE (N7) z/OS, z/VSE

Amount of virtual storage that can be allocated above the 16 MB line (in KB).

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
REPLY-ID (A3) z/VSE
Field Name Format/Length Operating System
RESOURCE-GROUP (A8) z/OS

Resource Group Name .

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
SERVER (A8) z/OS

Server indicator (YES/NO) indicates whether or not resource goals are being honored.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
SERVICE-CLASS (A8) z/OS

Service class name .

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
SERVICE-CLASS-PERIOD (N3) z/OS

Service class period .

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
SIO-COUNT (N11) z/OS, z/VSE

Number of I/O operations performed so far.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
STATUS (A8) z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD

Status of the address space. In BS2000/OSD, this is the same as field TYPE.

Possible values for z/OS:

Value Explanation
blank Address space is swapped in.
NON-SWAP Address space is non-swappable.
SWAP-OUT Address space is swapped out.
TERM Address space is terminating.
V=R Running in real memory.

Possible values for z/VSE:

Value Explanation
ACTIVE Partition has active job.
UNBATCH Partition has no job.
STOPPED Partition will not accept new jobs.
Field Name Format/Length Operating System
STEP-NAME (A8) z/OS, z/VSE

Name of the step currently being executed.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
TCB (B4) z/OS

TCB address of first ready task for this address space.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
TYPE (A6) z/OS, z/VSE, BS2000/OSD

Type of job. Possible values:

Option Job Type Explanation
Z/OS JOB INI STC TSU Batch job JES initiator started task TSO user
BS2000/OSD BATCH DIALOG TP Batch job dialog task batch job with TP privilege
Z/VSE JOB Batch job
Field Name Format/Length Operating System
TYPE-NUMBER (N1) BS2000/OSD

Numeric job type identifier as used in BS2000/OSD, for example, 2 for batch jobs, 3 for dialog tasks.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
USER (A8) BS2000/OSD

User ID of job.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
VSIZE (N5) Z/VSE

Partition size.

Field Name Format/Length Operating System
WORKLOAD (A8) z/OS

Workload name .

Examples

The following example applies to all operating systems:

       ...
    FIND ACTIVE-JOBS WITH NODE = 148
                         AND CPU-USED < 1000
  *
      IF ACTIVE-JOBS.ERROR-CODE NE 0
        WRITE ACTIVE-JOBS.ERROR-TEXT
        ESCAPE ROUTINE
      END-IF
  *
      DISPLAY ACTIVE-JOBS.JOB-NAME
              ACTIVE-JOBS.JOB-ID
              ACTIVE-JOBS.TYPE
              ACTIVE-JOBS.STATUS
              ACTIVE-JOBS.CPU-USED
         END-FIND
     ...

Result for z/OS:

JOB-NAME JOB-ID  TYPE   CPU       STATUS
  ...
  XCOM148  2975    STC    68.04     NON-SWAP
  INIT             INI              IDLE
  DELINDEX 2988    JOB    13.45
  WKK      2802    TSU     2.95     SWAP-OUT
  ...

Result for BS2000/OSD:

  JOB-NAME JOB-ID  TYPE     CPU     STATUS
  ...
  DB01     1UFN    BATCH    179.51  BATCH
  ASF      1URL    DIALOG    12.78  DIALOG
  ...