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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 16, 2022

Check subsystem availability in WAPL procedure EQQYXJPX

WAPL procedure EQQYXJPX immediately ends when IWS subsystem is not active or available and job step terminates with RC=12. It can be usefull to have the possibility to check the susbystem availability and eventually retry the connection again. Subsystem connection is performed using the following INIT command: INIT IWCP REMHOST(CSE1.CSEBO.IT) REMPORT(11425) I'd like to test the result using a WAPL command immediately after INIT command before the step termination, just as it is possible to do with the other commands. For example using: IF @CMD(-1.NE.0) THEN .......
Idea priority Medium