Location in the JCL
- A step-level OUTPUT JCL statement appears within a step, that is, anywhere after the first EXEC statement in a job.
- A job-level OUTPUT JCL statement appears after the JOB statement and before the first EXEC statement.
- You can place more than one job- or step-level default OUTPUT JCL statement in a job or step.
- You must place an OUTPUT JCL statement in the input stream before any sysout DD statement that explicitly or implicitly refers to it.