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Certificate in Job Control Language (JCL)

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Job Control Language (JCL)


About Job Control Language (JCL)

On IBM mainframe operating systems, scripting languages such as "Job Control Language" are used to give instructions to the system on how to launch a subsystem or conduct batch jobs. The z/OS® operating system may be instructed through job control language (JCL) statements on what tasks you want it to carry out. Although there are a lot of statements in this collection, most projects may be completed with just a tiny portion of them.

Why is Job Control Language (JCL) important?

JCL is used to specify which programs to execute, which files or devices to use for input or output, and occasionally whether or not to skip a stage. Using JCL, you may remove and construct a large number of data sets, VSAM Clusters, and GDGs (Generation Data Groups). It allows for the comparison of files containing various PDS (Partitioned Data Set) members.

Who should take the Job Control Language (JCL) Exam?

  • IT professionals who want to make a career in Mainframes.
  • Mainframe Professionals

Job Control Language (JCL) Certification Course Outline

  1. What is JCL?
  2. The various Statements and how to code them in a JCL Program.
  3. Running and diagnosing JCL programs on a Mainframe
  4. Procedures used in JCL
  5. Different utilities of JCL
  6. Generation Data Group
  7. Mainframe utilities and how to use them in JCLs.
  8. Mainframe Datasets, VSAM and GDGs.
  9. Parameters used in JCL
  10. Conditional processing in JCL
  11. Various Utilities used in JCL
  12. SORT

Certificate in Job Control Language (JCL) FAQs

The result will be declared immediately on submission.

It will be a computer-based exam. The exam can be taken from anywhere around the world.

You have to score 25/50 to pass the exam.

No there is no negative marking

There will be 50 questions of 1 mark each

You will be required to re-register and appear for the exam. There is no limit on exam retake.

You can directly go to the certification exam page and register for the exam.