Subparameter definition

YES

Requests that the system hold the sysout data set until the data set is released by the system operator. You can also code this subparameter as Y.

NJE Notes:

In a JES2 NJE environment, the system does not hold the data set until it reaches its ultimate destination node.
If the destination node is a JES3 node, the system may still not hold the data set if the class of output being transmitted is not defined as a hold class.
If the sending node is JES3, the system holds the output data set at that node on the BDT queue (when transmitting to an SNA-attached node) or the WTR queue (when transmitting to a BSC-attached node) if all of the following are true:
- The "// DD SYSOUT=" JCL statement does not contain a DEST=(node,userid) parameter.
- The SYSOUT= parameter does not contain the WRITER-NAME subparameter and the output class is not defined as a hold class.
- No WRITER= parameter is coded on the OUTPUT JCL statement.
Example 1.
The following job executes on NODE1 and results in the SYSUT2 output data set being held on the BDT queue on NODE1. (NODE5 is attached to NODE1 via SNA and output class A is not defined as a hold class.)
```
//S1       EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN    DD   DUMMY
//SYSUT1   DD   DSN=SYS1.PROCLIB(JES3),DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2   DD   SYSOUT=A,HOLD=YES,DEST=NODES
```
Example 2.
The following job executes on NODE1 and results in the SYSUT2 output data set being held on the WTR queue on NODE1. (NODE5 is attached to NODE1 via BSC and output class A is not defined as a hold class.)
```
//S1       EXEC PGM=IEBGENER
//O1       OUTPUT CLASS=A,DEST=NODE2.MYWRITR
//SYSPRINT DD   SYSOUT=A
//SYSIN    DD   DUMMY
//SYSUT1   DD   DSN=SYS1.PROCLIB(JES3),DISP=SHR
//SYSUT2   DD   SYSOUT=(,),HOLD=YES,OUTPUT=(*.O1)
```

NO

Requests that the output data set not be held. You can also code this subparameter as N.