Editing the CICS® VR JCL skeleton

If you select option 5 from the CICS VR main menu panel the JCL skeleton secondary window opens and starts the ISPF/PDF editor.

Figure 1. JCL skeleton secondary window
)CM    @BANNER_START                           01
)CM    Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
)CM
)CM    5655-GY1              DWWUJOB
)CM
)CM    (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2014
)CM    (C) Copyright HCL Technologies Ltd. 2025
)CM
)CM    @BANNER_END
)CM  $L0= CVR410  410 050909 ......... Changed
)CM  $L1= CVR430  430 080109 ......... Changed
)CM       R71977  520 130920 ......... Customization
)CM  $CC= CVR610  610 250501 SRIKHAR : Added HCL Copyright
)CM  $CC= CVR630  630 250901 KRISHNA : Updated the status version
)CM  ***********************************************************
)CM
)CM   Add the JOB statement to meet your system requirements.
)CM
)CM   Do not remove the &CJOBCHAR variable in the JOB name. 
)CM 
)CM   You must use double ampersands (&&) to produce a character 
)CM   string starting with an ampersand (&) in a generated job. 
)CM   For example: NOTIFY=&&SYSUID 
)CM 
)CM   Set symbolic parameters according your requirements: 
)CM    HLQ  - high level qualifier for CICS VR libraries 
)CM    CICSEXCI - CICS SDFHEXCI data set name 
)CM 
)CM   Uncomment STEPLIB DD if CICS VR libraries are not specified 
)CM   in LNKLST. 
)CM   Note: For running IVP, DWWEXLD data set must be specified 
)CM   in STEPLIB. 
)CM  *********************************************************** 
)CM 
)SET HLQ = DWW.V630 
)SET CICSEXCI = CTS510.CICS680.SDFHEXCI 
//TSTGFS&CJOBCHAR JOB (ACCOUNT),MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=&&SYSUID, 
//             MSGCLASS=X,CLASS=A,REGION=4M )SEL &CUTIL NE BACKUP 
//DWW      PROC 
//&CUTIL   EXEC PGM=&CPROG,COND=(8,LE) 
//*STEPLIB  DD DSN=&HLQ..SDWWLOAD,DISP=SHR 
//*         DD DSN=&HLQ..SDWWLENU,DISP=SHR 
//*         DD DSN=&HLQ..DWWEXLD,DISP=SHR 
//DWWMSG   DD SYSOUT=* 
//DWWPRINT DD SYSOUT=* 
//DWWDUMP  DD SYSOUT=* 
//         PEND 
//* END OF PROC 
)ENDSEL

Here you can edit the CICS® VR JCL skeleton information to conform to your organization's standards. Use F3 to leave the editor and return to the CICS® VR main menu.

You must edit the JCL skeleton and modify the following information:
  • The job card, TSTGFS&CJOBCHAR, (do not remove the &CJOBCHAR variable)
  • The CICS® VR load library, STEPLIB