Function

To release or cancel held output groups. An output group (or job output element) with an output disposition of HOLD or LEAVE that is not routed to another node is ‘held'. All output groups routed to other nodes, regardless of disposition, are considered ‘ready' at this node because output is not held until it reaches its destination.

Parameters

Age|DAys<days | Age|DAys>days

Specifies the age of affected output in days. Only output more (with DAYS>nn) or less (with DAYS<nn) than the specified number of days in age is affected. The days are counted from the current hour. The creation time used to compute the age of the output is the time the output was originally created or the time the output was SPOOL reloaded. CRTIME=RESET is specified on the corresponding OFFLOAD(x) statement.

ALL

The Held output in all classes is released or cancelled. The ALL operand and the Q=keyword are mutually exclusive.

Burst={No|Yes}

Specifies whether the printed output is to be burst into separate sheets (Yes) or to be in continuous, fanfold mode (No).

CANcel

JES2 cancels all of the selected held output.

Note: If CANCEL is not specified on the $O command, the output will not be deleted, but only released, meaning that it will be moved from the HELD to OUTPUT queue.

CC=(ABEND|ABENDED|CANcelled|CNVT_abend|CODE| COMPleted|ENDed_by_cc|EOM_failure|JCLerror| SECurity_failure|TYPE)

Displays the completion information associated with the job.

ABENDED

Display only jobs which have abnormally ended.

ABEND

Displays the ABEND code associated with the job's termination.

CANcelled

Display only jobs which were cancelled by the operator.

CNVT_abend

Display only jobs which have abnormally ended during the conversion phase.

CODE

Displays the last (or highest) completion code of steps in the job.

COMPleted

Display only jobs which completed.

ENDed_by_cc

Display only jobs which were ended by a step completion code.

EOM_failure

Display only jobs which failed in end-of-memory processing.

JCLerror

Display jobs which did not execute due to a JCL error.

SECurity_failure

Display jobs which failed security validation.

C|FCB=fcb

A 1 to 4 alphanumeric character or special character ($ # @) identifier for the data set forms control or carriage specifications.

CMDauth=(auth1{,auth2})

Only the output that can be affected from the specified remote(s) or node(s) will be released. The valid specifications are:

LOCAL|ANYLOCAL

Only the local devices at the local node can affect the output.

Nnnnn|nodename

Only local devices at the specified node can affect the output.

Rnnnn

Only the specified remote device can affect the output.

NnnnnRnnnn|nodename.Rnnnn

Only the specified remote device at the specified remote node can affect the output.

destid

A destid corresponding to any of the above remote devices.

Note: Specification of the CMDAUTH filter does not override the authority of the console from which the command is issued; both the authority of the console and the specified CMDAUTH filter must match for the job to be affected.

Dest|Routecde=routecde

Specifies the destination to which the output should be released. When preceded by a slash (/), it indicates that only held output which has already been routed to this destination should be released.

Note:

1. NODENAME=REQUIRED on the DESTDEF initialization statement will cause JES2 to require that a userid be prefixed with a node name.
2. Greater than (> or >=) and less than (< or <=) filters may be used in conjunction to support route code ranges. For example, you could specify the filters R>=R1,R<=R7 to affect output for all remotes in the range R1 to R7, Note that:
   • The destination being filtered upon is converted to its binary equivalent prior to the comparison.
   • When using nodal ranges, a specification of "nodename.*" must be used. Only the nodal routing of the output will be compared.

FLASH|O=flash

A 1 to 4 alphanumeric or special character ($ # @) overlay name (FLASH).

Forms=forms

A 1 to 8 alphanumeric or special character ($ # @) identifier for the print or punch forms.

H|Hours>hours | H|Hours<hours

Specifies the age of affected output in hours. Only output more (with HOURS>nn) or less (with HOURS<nn) than the specified number of hours in age is affected. The creation time used to compute the age of the output is the time the output was originally created or the time the output was SPOOL reloaded. CRTIME=RESET is specified on the corresponding OFFLOAD(x) statement.

JC|JOBCORR=job correlator

Specifies a combination of 1-64 alphanumeric, special (colon, period or underscore) and wildcard characters that can be used to select a subset of jobs that have a matching job correlator. For a description of wildcard characters, refer to Using wildcards.

JM|JOBMASK=jobmask

Specifies 1 to 8 alphanumeric, special ($, #, or @) or wildcard characters (or a combination of them) that can be used to select a subset of jobs whose job name matches this combination of characters (mask). For a description of wild cards, see Using wildcards.

Note:

1. This is a positional parameter. Specify this following the job_id (JOB, STC, or TSU), or JOBQ parameter.
2. The JOBMASK parameter is not valid with the ‘output' parameter.

Job

A batch job or range of batch jobs is to be released/cancelled.

JOBQ|JQ

Specifies all jobs, STCs, and TSUs across the MAS for processing.

OUTGrp=outgrp

Specifies the job output element(s) that are to be released or cancelled.

grpid

The 1 to 8 character alphanumeric group ID that is either specified by the user in the JCL or generated by JES2. If you specify only group ID (OUTGRP=grpid) on this command, JES2 releases or cancels all the held job output elements in that group.

joeid1

A number assigned by JES2 to distinguish between job output elements within the output group. If you specify only group ID and the first qualifier (OUTGRP=grpid.joeid1) on this command, JES2 releases or cancels all copies of the specified job output element in that group.

joeid2

A number assigned by JES2 to distinguish between several copies of grpid.joeid1. If you specify group ID and both qualifiers (OUTGRP=grpid.joeid1.joeid2) on this command, JES2 releases or cancels only the specified copy (joeid2) within the job output element (joeID) in that group.

output

Specifies 1 to 8 alphanumeric, special ($, #, or @) or wildcard characters (or a combination of them) that can be used to select a subset of jobs whose job name matches this combination of characters (mask).

‘output'

The name of the job that is to released/cancelled. This name must appear as coded on the JOB statement and must be enclosed in apostrophes. If more than one job exists with this name, no action is taken.

PAGES

Only output groups with the specified number of pages are to be released or cancelled.

PRIORITY=priority

The queue selection priority (0-255) assigned to the job output element(s).

PRmode=prmode

The process mode (1 to 8 alphanumeric characters) for the job output element(s).

PROTected

Indicates that all specified output groups, including output groups that have been specified ‘protected', should be purged. The 'protected' attribute is assigned to programs running in a transactional environment such as APPC or OMVS, where the transaction output is associated with the initiators like ASCHINIT or BPXAS. The ‘protected' attribute can also be assigned to jobs by JES2 installation exits. APPC output is always protected. This parameter is only valid when used with the CANCEL parameter.

Note: Since the OUTGRP= parameter identifies the output to be cancelled, you do not need to specify PROTECTED with this operand, even for output that is protected.

Queue=queue

The held output in the specified output class(es) (A-Z and 0-9) is released or cancelled. A maximum of 36 classes may be specified.

REBUILD={No|Yes}

Output on the rebuild queue is to be released/cancelled (Yes) or not released/cancelled (No).

RECORDS=records

Only output groups with the specified number of records are to be released or cancelled.

SECLABEL=seclabel

The security label associated with the output group.

Stc

A started task or range of started tasks is to be released/cancelled.

Tsu

A time-sharing user or range of time-sharing users is to be released/cancelled.

T|UCS=ucs

A 1 to 4 alphanumeric or special character ($ # @) identifier for the universal character set specification. This will also set the character set (CHAR1) to be used on non-impact printers unless the UCS and CHARS values are both assigned to an output data set by a job's JCL and their values are not equal.

TPJOBID=jobid

Only output groups with the specified transaction job ID are to be released or cancelled.

TPJOBN=jobname

Only output groups with the specified transaction job name are to be released or cancelled.

USERID=userid

The userid associated with the output group.

Writer=writer

A 1 to 8 alphanumeric or special character ($ # @) writer name assigned to the job output element(s).

Authority Required

This command requires job authority. The description of the $T RDRnn command explains how to ensure that the authority of the appropriate MVS™ system command group is assigned.

This command requires update security access authority. For a description of assigning command input authority, see z/OS JES2 Initialization and Tuning Guide, SA32-0991.

Processing Considerations

Once a held output group has been released, the group is no longer available for processing by the TSO/E output command. For more information, see the $HASP686 message in z/OS JES2 Messages, SA32-0989.

Scope

MAS-wide. This command has an effect across the entire MAS.

Messages

THE $HASP686 message is displayed to indicate which output groups were released or cancelled by this command.

 5   $o s'aschint',tpjobn=testjob,tpjobid=a0000014

  STC00017 $HASP686 OUTPUT(ASCHINT)  OUTGRP=TESTJOB.1.1 RELEASED

JES2 releases the held transaction job name of testjob with a transaction job id of a0000014.