PI65971: RDZ 9.5 JCL EDITOR SHOWS INVALID ERRORS FOR SET STATEMENTS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The JCL Editor in Rational Developer for System z 9.5 may show
  invalid errors for SET statements, for example, in statements
  like:
  "  SET  ONE=,TWO=,THREE=,FOUR=,"
  the JCL Editor appears to expect the ' ' after the equal but it
  is not required.  Additionally for SET statements like:
          SET GENR=(-0)
  the JCL Editor shows error "datasetname expected".
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• In z/OS Explorer, SET statements and EXEC or PROC parameters
  containing special characters such as + or - within parentheses
  were incorrectly flagged by the JCL editor parser.
  

Problem conclusion

• The JCL editor parser has been updated to allow some special
  characters to be specified within parentheses on SET, EXEC and
  PROC statements
  
  This APAR will be available in IBM Explorer for z/OS 3.0.1.5
  Fixpack located here:
  https://developer.ibm.com/mainframe/products/downloads/
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  EXP FOR Z/OS CL

• Fixed component ID

  5655EXP00

Applicable component levels

• R301 PSY

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