Job Control Language

E200570
IBM mainframe technology job control language scripting language

Job Control Language (JCL) is a scripting language used on IBM mainframe systems to define and control batch jobs and their execution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
JCL 4
Job Control Language canonical 3
CL (Control Language) 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IBM mainframe technology ⓘ
job control language ⓘ
scripting language ⓘ
abbreviation Job Control Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: JCL
backwardCompatibleWith MVS ⓘ
surface form: MVS JCL
controls execution of COBOL programs ⓘ
execution of PL/I programs ⓘ
execution of assembler programs ⓘ
utility programs ⓘ
designedFor batch processing ⓘ
production workloads ⓘ
developedBy IBM ⓘ
documentation IBM z/OS MVS JCL Reference ⓘ
IBM z/OS MVS JCL Reference ⓘ
surface form: IBM z/OS MVS JCL User’s Guide
fileExtension .jcl ⓘ
hasComponent DD statement ⓘ
EXEC statement ⓘ
IF/THEN/ELSE/ENDIF construct ⓘ
JCLLIB statement ⓘ
JOB statement ⓘ
PROC statement ⓘ
SET statement ⓘ
hasSyntaxStyle card-oriented syntax ⓘ
keyword-parameter syntax ⓘ
introducedInContext OS/360 ⓘ
surface form: IBM OS/360 family
primaryPurpose control batch job execution ⓘ
define batch jobs ⓘ
schedule and sequence job steps ⓘ
specify system resources for jobs ⓘ
relatedTo IBM utilities ⓘ
TSO/E ⓘ
z/OS ⓘ
surface form: z/OS UNIX System Services
supportsConcept cataloged procedures ⓘ
in-stream data ⓘ
job classes ⓘ
message classes ⓘ
procedures (PROCs) ⓘ
region size specification ⓘ
symbolic parameters ⓘ
supportsFeature conditional execution ⓘ
dataset allocation ⓘ
error handling ⓘ
job definition ⓘ
output routing ⓘ
procedure invocation ⓘ
restart control ⓘ
step control ⓘ
typicalEnvironment enterprise data center ⓘ
financial institutions ⓘ
government mainframe systems ⓘ
usedByRole application programmers ⓘ
batch schedulers ⓘ
operations staff ⓘ
system programmers ⓘ
usedOnPlatform OS/390 ⓘ
surface form: IBM MVS

OS/390 ⓘ
surface form: IBM OS/390

IBM VSE ⓘ
IBM mainframe ⓘ
z/OS ⓘ
surface form: IBM z/OS

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OS/360 → hasComponent → Job Control Language ⓘ
TOS/360 → hasFeature → Job Control Language ⓘ
IBM i → supportsLanguage → Job Control Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: CL (Control Language)
MVS → uses → Job Control Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: JCL
OS/390 → supportsJobControlLanguage → Job Control Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: JCL
Job Control Language → abbreviation → Job Control Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: JCL
OS/VS1 → supportsJobControlLanguage → Job Control Language ⓘ
this entity surface form: JCL
DOS/VS → hasComponent → Job Control Language ⓘ