Entering jobs - communication

Table 1 lists the tasks for entering jobs and the JCL statements and parameters for each task.

Table 1. Communication task for entering jobs
TASKS FOR ENTERING JOBS STATEMENTS AND PARAMETERS FOR TASK
JCL Statements JES2 Statements JES3 Statements
JOB EXEC Other JCL
Communication
from JCL to system    

COMMAND
Command  

/*$command //**command
from JCL to operator       /*MESSAGE //*OPERATOR
from JCL to programmer Comment field unless no parameter field Comment field //*comment, also comment field on all statements but null   Comment field on //*ENDPROCESS and //*PAUSE
from JCL to program    

PARM
PARMDD

   
from system to operator WARNING on BYTES, CARDS, LINES, and PAGES       FETCH on //*MAIN WARNING on BYTES, CARDS, LINES, and PAGES on //*MAIN
from system to userid -of job completion -of print completion NOTIFY   NOTIFY on OUTPUT JCL statement /*NOTIFY ACMAIN on //*MAIN with JOB NOTIFY
from TSO/E userid to system         USER on //*MAIN
from functional subsystem to programmer     PIMSG on OUTPUT JCL    
through job log MSGCLASS MSGLEVEL log in JOB JES2 accounting information   JESDS on OUTPUT JCL NOLOG on /*JOBPARM