Re: Capturing job log information on a text file

Hello.
First of all, I am not a programmer, so what I'm looking for is some sort of
guidance with a project I have.
I know AS/400 from a user/administrative perspective but I have been asked
to come up with a way to export the start and end times of jobs running in
QBATCH subsystem to a flat file that then can be exported to a document such
as a spreasheet. This is to reflect the times both start, end and the obtain
the elapsed time for a series of jobs that run in a daily basis.

Since I have no prior programming experience on RPG or COBOL or the sort, I
have no clue on how to do this (well, so maybe someone can start by
recommending me to study programming in this environment but I would like to
take that approach only if necessary)
I have tools such as the entire IBM ISeries Access for Windows kit (That
comes with a green screen 5250 emulator and Windows Navigator interface) but
cannot seem to find a way to do that here.
If I could only find a way to capture the start and end times of jobs (from
job log) and export that information to a file, that's basically all I
need.

Any one has any idea? Maybe someone can even refer me to a proper forum.
Thanks a lot for any help.....In advance.

Regards,
Moris

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