SPOOL-QUEUE

File 11
Statement FIND
Task Read spool queue. This view retrieves spool queue information such as jobname, job number, class, queue, number of spool records, etc.

Fields

Dictionary Field Name F/L Mu DE Remarks
ERROR-CODE N3      
ERROR-TEXT A58      
NODE N5   D  
NODE-NAME A16   D  
SYSTEM-MESSAGE-CODE A10      
HOLD A3   D  
JOB-NAME A8   D  
JOB-NUMBER N7   D  
JOB-ID A8   D  
STATUS A9   D  
PRIORITY N3   D  
USER A8   D  
DATE-XEQ-START A8   D  
DATX-XEQ-START D   D  
TIME-XEQ-START N6   D  
TIMX-XEQ-START T   D  
DATE-XEQ-STOP A8   D  
DATX-XEQ-STOP D   D  
TIME-XEQ-STOP N6   D  
TIMX-XEQ-STOP T   D  
RECORD-COUNT N9   D  
CLASS A8   D  
QUEUE A3   D  
DESTINATION A8   D  
ORIGIN A8   D  
SYSTEM-ID A4   D  
TYPE A3   D  
SPOOL-UTILIZATION B1   D  
GROUP-ID A20   D  
ROOM A4   D  
PROGRAMMER-NAME A20   D  
MESSAGE-CLASS A1   D  
JOB-CLASS A1   D  
TIME-ON-READER N6   D  
DATE-ON-READER A8   D  
CARD-COUNT N7   D  
OUTDISP A6   D  
MAX-RETURN-CODE A10   D  
SUBMITTER A8   D JES3 only
WLM-QUEUE-POSITION N7   D  
WLM-SERVICE-CLASS A8   D  

Relevant Error Codes

Code Text
711 Logical Error occurred in Common JES Interface.
712 Request to Common JES Interface failed.
713 Jobname and Job ID missing. One of them required.
724 Requested job not found.
729 Invalid job TYPE, specify JOB, STC or TSU.
830 JES interface is not active.

Field Descriptions

Field Name Type/Length
CARD-COUNT (N7)

Number of cards submitted to internal reader.

Field Name Type/Length
CLASS (A8)

Job class. For valid classes, ask your system programmer.

Field Name Type/Length
DATE-ON-READER (A8)

Date when job was submitted to the internal reader.

Field Name Type/Length
DATE-XEQ-START (A8)

Date when job or queue entry started executing.

Field Name Type/Length
DATE-XEQ-STOP (A8)

Date when job or queue entry finished executing.

Field Name Type/Length
DATX-XEQ-START (A8)

Date when job or queue entry started executing - in internal format.

Field Name Type/Length
DATX-XEQ-STOP (A8)

Date when job or queue entry finished executing - in internal format.

Field Name Type/Length
DESTINATION (A8)

JES destination of job.

Field Name Type/Length
GROUP-ID (A20)

Unique identifier defined by JES.

Field Name Type/Length
HOLD (A3)

YES indicates job is in hold.

DUP indicates a temporary hold because of a duplicate job in the system.

Field Name Type/Length
JOB-CLASS (A1)

JES job class where the job is to be executed.

Field Name Type/Length
JOB-ID (A8)

Job number or TSN of job in alphanumeric format.

Field Name Type/Length
JOB-NAME (A8)

Name of the job.

Field Name Type/Length
JOB-NUMBER (N7)

Job number assigned by JES.

Field Name Type/Length
MAX-RETURN-CODE (A10)

Return code information for the job. The information is returned in one of the following formats:

CC nnnn Job ended normally or by CC nnnn.
ABEND Sxxx Job abended with system abend code xxx.
ABEND Unnnn Job abended with user abend code nnnn.
CANCELED Job was canceled.
CONV ABEND Converter abended.
JCL ERROR Job failed due to JCL error.
SEC ERROR Job failed due to security error.
Field Name Type/Length
MESSAGE-CLASS (A1)

Output message class.

Field Name Type/Length
ORIGIN (A8)

JES3 job origin.

Field Name Type/Length
OUTDISP (A6)

Output disposition. Possible values are WRITE, HOLD, KEEP or LEAVE.

Field Name Type/Length
PROGRAMMER-NAME (A20)

Name of the user who submitted the job to identify the person or group responsible. This value is inherited from the job card.

Field Name Type/Length
PRIORITY (N3)

Priority of job.

Field Name Type/Length
QUEUE (A3)

Queue in which the job resides. Possible values:

IN Input queue.
NJE NJE receive/transmit queue.
OUT Output queue.
XEQ Job is executing.
Field Name Type/Length
RECORD-COUNT (N9)

Number of records in spool.

Field Name Type/Length
ROOM (A4)

Room number of user who submitted the job.

Field Name Type/Length
SPOOL-UTILIZATION (B1)

Percentage of spool used.

Field Name Type/Length
STATUS (A9)

Status of job.

Possible values:

ACTIVE Job has been selected.
AVAILABLE Job is available.
WAITING Job is waiting (JES3 only).
Field Name Type/Length
SUBMITTER (A8)

The submitting user ID of the job.

Field Name Type/Length
SYSTEM-ID (A4)

 ID of the system on which the job is/was processed.

Field Name Type/Length
TIME-ON-READER (N6)

Time of day when job was submitted to the internal reader.

Field Name Type/Length
TIME-XEQ-START (N6)

Time of day when job or queue entry started executing.

Field Name Type/Length
TIME-XEQ-STOP (N6)

Time of day when job or queue entry finished executing.

Field Name Type/Length
TIMX-XEQ-START (N6)

Time of day when job or queue entry started executing - in internal format.

Field Name Type/Length
TIMX-XEQ-STOP (N6)

Time of day when job or queue entry finished executing - in internal format.

Field Name Type/Length
TYPE (A3)

Type of job. Possible values:

Value Explanation
JOB  Batch job.
STC  Started task.
TSU  TSO user.
Field Name Type/Length
USER (A8)

Owner of the job.

Field Name Type/Length
WLM-QUEUE-POSITION (N7)

Position on the WLM queue for the job.

Field Name Type/Length
WLM-SERVICE-CLASS (A8)

WLM service class name.

Note

For z/OS JES2 or JES3, the following fields are only obtained from the spool queue if JOB-NAME or JOB-NUMBER have also been specified with the FIND request:

PROGRAMMER-NAME
ROOM
MESSAGE-CLASS
CARD-COUNT
RECORD-COUNT
TIME-ON-READER,  TIMX-ON-READER
DATE-ON-READER,  DATX-ON-READER
TIME-XEQ-START,  TIMX-XEQ-START
DATE-XEQ-START,  DATX-XEQ-START
TIME-XEQ-STOP,   TIMX-XEQ-STOP
DATE-XEQ-STOP,   DATX-XEQ-STOP

Consequently, these fields can only be used as search criteria in combination with JOB-NAME or JOB-NUMBER.

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