Skill Based Assessment JCL Orientation Deck

What is JCL Skill Based Assessment “Certifies associates on their JCL development skills” JCL

About JCL Profiling Model The Certified Developer - JCL profiling consists of Skill Based Assessment (SBA) which consist of one requirement document/case study for Hands on coding. Profiling will be done based on the number of test cases that have passed for the solution submitted. Note: The total duration of the Skill Based Assessment is 4hrs

About JCL Profiling Model(Contd.) For the Level – SBA A Case study will be given to the associate. The associate needs to understand the business requirement and develop JCLs and Procedures implementing all the specified requirements. Note: Skeleton JCLs & Syntaxes will be provided to the associate prior to the assessment. Sample case study is attached below. IBM Personal Communications will be available to the associate to connect to Mainframe.

Tips for JCL Assessment Don'ts for the Certified Developer - JCL Assessment Do not change the Naming conventions JCL (Job/Proc) Names Program name DD names File names Do not create load library for COBOL programs referred from JCL. Just provide JOBLIB or STEPLIB for the load library mentioned in the case study Code JCL steps with Step name as mentioned in the case study and avoid adding steps which are not mentioned in the case study.

Tips for JCL Assessment Do’s for the Certified Developer - JCL Assessment Use the Skeleton provided Ensure that your program works fine for the sample input data provided in the case study requirement document. Ensure you test your JCLs with various functional, implicit and negative test cases There is no JEM/JSCAN tools available CTS Mainframe to find the JCL errors. But You can use TYPRUN=SCAN on the Job card and submit your job. Your job will not be run but scanned for errors. Note: Internet access will not be provided, but the associate will be provided IBM File manager reference, JCL syntaxes and Skeleton While logging into Mainframe, if you give the incorrect password thrice then the Mainframe ID will get revoked. In that case, reach the proctor to raise GSD to get the Password reset.

JCL Technical Scope

How to take the assessment? Once you enter the Exam Hall, you will be provided with the URL and the password to take up the exam. You will be presented with one JCL case study. In the instructions, a startup job will be provided, it will create the source code with Job/Proc JCLs. (Just minimize the browser, DO NOT close it) Once your coding is completed, extract the dataset (from Mainframe) to a notepad(.txt). Use the START 6 command to perform the extraction. Note: Refer the procedure given at the end of this presentation Once the datasets are extracted, zip them and upload it in Moodle using the File upload option (ADD button) available at the end of the Case study page. During the course of the assessment, DO NOT close the browser window and do not click on HOME button.

Mainframe Logon Procedure Kindly refer the detailed instructions, for login into Mainframe inside the VDI Environment.

Reference for Customize Keyboard Click the ‘Remap keyboard functions’ from toolbar Customize the key functions Select a key from the keyboard to customize it. Select the function to be assigned to the key Move the function to required Modifier key (Shift/Ctrl/Alt), so that the required function can be invoked by pressing “Modifier key + Selected key”

Reference for Customize Keyboard Setting Ctrl + C for Copy

Reference for Customize Keyboard Setting Ctrl + V for Paste

Reference for Keyboard PCOMM Enter Key Action & New Line action New Line Enter Action

Getting Job Spool The Status panel allows authorized users to display information about jobs, started tasks, and TSO users on the JES2 queues. Access it with the ST command (SD;ST). Initially the ISPF main menu shows the below option to enter into Job Spool. SDSF - SDSF Panel In the middle of any operation, if the SDSF menu option not displayed in the ISPF main menu then logoff the mainframe session properly (From main menu -> X, LOGOFF) and logging in again will bring the SDSF option.

Case study Instructions Launch IBM PCOMM, Start => All Programs => IBM Personal Communications => New Session using the Mainframe IP given during the assessment. Code your JCL and PROCs in the PDS dataset <UserID>.SOURCE.CODE.PDS Note: Refer next slide to know about the creation of this dataset Follow the below naming convention for the members in the above PDS For JOBs, the member name should be “JOBFn<yyy>” For PROCs, the member name should be “PRCFn<yyy>” Note: Where n -> 1,2,3 for each requirement and <yyy> denotes the last 3 digits of your user ID. Ex: For requirement 1 & User ID TCAS046, the Job and Proc names should be JOBF1046 & PRCF1046 On completion of the assessment, download the JCL modules in text format(.txt), zip them and upload it in Moodle through ‘Add’ button available at the end of the Case study page. A COBOL reference and IBM File Manager reference will be made available in the below link http://caportal/mainframeca/index.html

Case Study Instructions Submit the job TCASADM.JCL.SKELETON(CREATEDS) and get the Source code PDS created Source code PDS: <User ID>.SOURCE.CODE.PDS gets created with its standard members (Job and Procedure JCLs) JCL Syntaxes are available at TCASADM.JCL.SKELETON(*) Make use of IBM FILE MANAGER for data mapping with respect to COPYBOOK, Start -> TS -> F -> F Provide the appropriate file name and COPYBOOK PDS & member name Option 1. Browse, 2. Edit & 3.3. Copy Utility (VSAM) IBM File manager reference is made available in the below link http://caportal/mainframeca/index.html

Downloading Program On completion of the assessment, download the COBOL program in text format(.txt) and upload it in Moodle through ‘Add’ button given at the end of the Case study page. Naming convention of the zip file: JCL_<<associate ID>> Note : Use the ISPF Command [START 6] and “Receive file from Host” option in the PCOMM

Important Instructions Please ensure that you verify the below, before leaving the assessment hall Ensure your JCLs are available in <User ID>.SOURCE.CODE.PDS Ensure that your JCLs are named in the format ‘JOBFn<yyy>’ & ‘PRCFn<yyy>’ in the above PDS, where <yyy> denotes the last 3 digits of your user ID, n is requirement # Ensure that your JCLs zip file is uploaded into Moodle link with the name JCL_<Associate ID>.txt Ensure there are no Syntax errors in the JCLs which are uploaded

Enabling yourself for the assessments For each Assessment we have an Enablement Program associated with it. Enablement Programs are available in the ‘Learn and Develop’ section of the RDP App. Enroll for the Enablement Program from the RDP.

Enablement Program for JCL Enablement Program Code For JCL Refer the document in the below link to know about the practice quiz and practice case study. This will serve as a mock before you actually attempt the assessment. https://c2wiki.cognizant.com/download/attachments/119966659/CCA+Practice+Lab+Manual.pptx Assessment Code Associated Program Code Program Name LAB_ATKMF002/ LAB_ATKMF031 PS0198 JCL - Enablement

How to crack Case Study? Read the requirement/case study document carefully. Follow the design considerations provided in the requirement/case study document Ensure you test your program with various functional, implicit and negative test scenarios. Do not submit the solution files with errors*. * Note that once you log off, the code in the assessment environment (VDI/VM) will be refreshed/cleaned and cannot be retrieved back so take care!

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