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In a day, mostly I run a JCL to copy one PS to another PS file.

I need to maintain the list of input and output dataset names in an Excel file.

Is there any JCL to maintain the list of Input and Output dataset names in a PS file?

I do copy jcl around 200 times a day. Documentation takes very long time. Plase help me out.

Thanks in Advance.

JCL cannot do what you want - it only tells the mainframe which programs you want to run and what resources those programs require.

What you could probably do is write a Rexx program to scan your run JCL and extract the dataset names from there and write the information to a file with a comma between the 2 names and each pair of files on a new line. Then, once a day, this file can be FTPed to your PC and brought into your spreadsheet as a CSV file. After the FTP the file would have to be emptied or deleted.

NicC's idea is good, but...there is nothing in JCL (except for an infrequently used parameter in the LABEL keyword) to indicate whether a DD statement is for input or output. DD name SYSUT1 is often, but not always, input; DD name SYSUT2 is often, but not always, output; DD name SYSPRINT is almost always output; DD name SYSIN is almost always input.

To be efficient I think you should write a rexx that generates your jcl and the documentation. That way you can make both easier for you.

In a day, mostly I run a JCL to copy one PS to another PS file.

pretty boring job, I would say

DOCU/TEXT is a product that will do this for you. You might check with your support people and see if it is installed on your system.