JOB Positional parameters 2

JOB statement positional parameters

There are 2 positional parameters that can be specified in a JOB statement

• Accounting information
  • it is generally used for billing, statistics or performance tracking purposes. The actual use is likely dictated by your organisation. If used, it must appear before any other parameters
  • If more than one subparameter is required, they will be enclosed in parenthesis (), although it is also acceptable to use a single parameter enclosed in them.
  • Any special characters must be contained within apostrophes '
  • It can be up to 143 characters long
• Programmers name
  • Usually used to denote what individual or group created the job.
  • Up to 20 characters
  • Can be enclosed in single quotes if contains any special characters other than hyphens - or periods ,
    Depending on your organisation, those might be enforced and needed to be provided for all job statements, however they could also be optional

If the positional parameter is not required it can be omitted with a coma. If no positional parameters are required at all, they can both be omitted with no use of commas.