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Table of Contents. The JCL Member. Software Agreement and Disclaimer. Downloads and Links. Current Server or Internet Access. Internet Access Required. Usually, for testing purposes or for an incident fix, there might be a need to use different datasets other than the ones specified in the cataloged procedure.

In that case, the dataset in the procedure can be overridden in the JCL. Please note that the dataset is referred as STEP1. GV00 and so on. GDG 0 , previous versions are referred as -1 , -2 and so on. An initial model DCB can be defined to be used by all versions, but it can be overridden when creating new versions.

GDG is deleted. Hence, the dataset is deleted when the job completes execution. What is it you are trying to accomplish? Bruce comment answered it. Thanks — Martin Spence. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Bruce Martin Bruce Martin Note that 8 can be returned for other reasons other than not in catalog. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog.