Using variables in your jobs

You can include variables in your job definition.

The variables are resolved at submission time. They can be grouped into two types depending on where they are resolved:

  • Variables that are resolved by HCL Workload Automation at a dynamic workload broker level before the job is submitted to the agent for z/OS. They must be placed in the JSDL portion of the job definition.

    You can also pass properties variables or job output between 2 jobs in the same job stream instance. For more information about which properties you can use as variables or how you can pass the job output, see Variables passing between jobs in the same job stream instance.

  • Variables that are resolved by the agent for z/OS before it submits the JCL to JES. They must be placed in the JCL embedded or referenced in the job definition.