Job definition - z/OS jobs

A z/OS job runs the command you specify in the JCL tab on a JCL system. This job type runs only on HCL Workload Automation Agent for z/OS.

This section describes the required and optional attributes for z/OS jobs. Each job definition has the following format and arguments:
Table 1. Required and optional attributes for the definition of a z/OS job.
Attribute Description/value Required
application name jcl ✓
byDefinition The type of job submission. This is the only supported submission type.
jclDefinition The operation to be performed on the JCL system. ✓
The following example shows a job that returns the status of the JCL system:
ZOSAGENT#JCLDEF
 TASK
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <jsdl:jobDefinition xmlns:jsdl=="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/scheduling/1.0/jsdl"
 xmlnss:jsdljcl="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/scheduling/1.0/jsdljcl">
 <jsdl:application name="jcl">
 <jsdljcl:jcl>
 <jsdljcl:JCLParameters>
 <jsdljcl:jcl>
 <jsdljcl:byRefOrByDef>
 <jsdljcl:byDefinition>
 <jsdljcl:jclDefinition>//NORMAL JOB ,'TWS JOB',CLASS=A,MSGCLASS=A,>
// MSGLEVEL=(1,1)
//*
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=IEFBR14</jsdljcl:jclDefinition>
</jsdljcl:byDefinition>
</jsdljcl:byRefOrByDef>
</jsdljcl:jcl>
</jsdljcl:JCLParameters>
<jsdljcl:JOBParameters>
<jsdljcl:jobStreamName>${tws.jobstream.name}jsdljcl:jobStreamName>${tws.jobstream.name}>
<jsdljcl:inputArrival>${tws.job.ia}jsdljcl:inputArrival>${tws.job.ia}>
</jsdljcl:JOBParameters>
</jsdljcl:jcl>
</jsdl:application>
</jsdl:jobDefinition>
 DESCRIPTION "Sample JCL Job Definition"