Re: Changing job description for compiling

The reason you don't see JOBD in the prompted compile is, there is no JOBD parameter on any CRT* commands. You are being prompted for those, not SBMJOB. You could maybe make a user-option of SBMJOB for each CRT* command you use and maybe have it prompted each time, so you could change the JOBD as needed.

But the JOBD is controlled in Preferences, just as it is in F18 of PDM for batch compiles. You can set the job description in Preferences - again, maybe not the least cumbersome thing - go to Remote Systems -> iSeries -> Command Execution where you can set it for batch compiles. I think it defaults to your user profile. You could change it, apply the change, then do your compile, it seems. Again, just like F18 in PDM.

I use TurnOver, which manages most of this stuff for me. But occasionally I need to change things, so in TurnOver I use a command-line kind of thing they have. If you're in regular RSE and doing an interactive compile, you CAN change the library list under your connection.

HTH
Vern

Tyler, Matt wrote:

The only way I know of (in WDSC 7.0) is to create a new connection for
each job description. Might seem over kill but then you get to code the
job description into the connection properties. You could even name the
connection like the job description name.
Thanks, Matt
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Subject: [WDSCI-L] Changing job description for compiling

Hey all,

I'm starting to tackle some of the road blocks I've encountered with
WDSCi vs PDM. In another thread I mentioned not knowing how to compile
with a specific job description, and I was told to Compile with Prompt,
but I don't see Job Description as a parameter (after selecting All
Parameters).

Currently I have a library list filter set up so I can adjust it library
by library there, but it I work with quite a number of job profiles and
it'd be great to be able to flip between them. How are people doing
this today?

As a sidenote, it seems silly to me that I have to click a checkbox to
see parameter keywords (since in the IDE it really means "see keywords
in addition to the example values" as opposed to "instead of the example
values"). Is there a way to default that to always being on?

Thanks a lot,

Kurt Anderson
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
CustomCall Data Systems