confirm

You can use the confirm command to validate the status of a job after completion.

Overview

The command is used to change the status of a job after it completes the run. When a job is finished with the status ABEND, you can use the confirm command to change the status to SUCC, so that any other depended jobs can start the run. It is also possible for a job to remain incomplete, either successfully or unsuccessfully. These jobs are finished as DONE and not SUCC or ABEND. The confirm command can be used to change the status of these jobs to either SUCC or ABEND, so that the workflow is not interrupted. The command option can also be used when there is a delay for the job to finish.

When you use the command option while the job is running, tthe confirmation overrides the evaluation status when the job is finished. Based on the (SUCC or ABEND) status that you provide with the command, the jobs finish with either SUCC or ABEND.

You can also override the evaluation of the output conditions. For example, if you set one or more output conditions to true (by using confirm SUCC), the specified output conditions are set to true and any other conditions in the job are set to false. You must have confirm access to the job. For more information about security access roles, see Security role definition.
Restriction: When the command is submitted, the agent will not ask for your confirmation before taking action on each jobs.

Syntax and command line options

Before you run the command, you must specify options such as job name, arguments, and required permissions. You can enter the command as follows:
confirm | conf = <jobselect><succ | abend><IF 'output_condition_name[, output_condition_name]
     [, ...]']><noask>

The details that are required with each parameters are described below.

Arguments

jobselect

Specify the job to update, by means of attributes and qualifiers.

For example, WA_AGT_0#JOB_STREAM.JOB.

SUCC

To confirm that the job ended successfully.

ABEND

To confirm that the job ended unsuccessfully.

output_condition_name

To confirm the SUCC or ABEND status for one or more specified output conditions. The conditions which are not specified are set to false. This setting overrides any other evaluation.

noask

When you add the option as an argument the agent will not ask for confirmation before taking action on each qualifying job.

Change in status after confirm command

Table 1. Change in status after confirm command
Initial job status Status after confirm ;succ Status after confirm ;abend
READY No effect, with or without output conditions No effect, with or without output conditions.
HOLD No effect, with or without output conditions No effect, with or without output conditions.
EXEC
without output conditions
SUCC
with output conditions
SUCC_P and selected output conditions are set to satisfied
without output conditions
ABEND
with output conditions
ABEND_P and selected output conditions are set to satisfied.
ABENP SUCCP, with or without output conditions
without output conditions
No effect.
with output conditions
ABENP and selected output conditions are set to satisfied.
SUCCP No effect, with or without output conditions No effect, with or without output conditions.
PEND
without output conditions
SUCC
with output conditions
SUCC and selected output conditions are set to satisfied.
without output conditions
ABEND
with output conditions
ABEND and selected output conditions are set to satisfied.
DONE SUCC, with or without output conditions. ABEND, with or without output conditions.
SUCC
without output conditions
The operation is not supported.
with output conditions
SUCC and selected output conditions are set to satisfied.
without output conditions
The operation is not supported.
with output conditions
The operation is not supported.
ABEND SUCC, with or without output conditions.
without output conditions
No effect.
with output conditions
ABEND and selected output conditions are set to satisfied.
SUPPR
without output conditions
SUCC
with output conditions
SUCC and selected output conditions are set to satisfied.
 The operation is not supported, with or without output conditions.
FAIL The operation is not supported, with or without output conditions. The operation is not supported, with or without output conditions.
SCHED No effect, with or without output conditions No effect, with or without output conditions
ERROR (for shadow jobs only) SUCC, with or without output conditions ABEND, with or without output conditions
any job in the EXTERNAL job stream SUCC, with or without output conditions ABEND, with or without output conditions

Examples

  1. To issue a succ confirmation for job job3 in job stream misdly(1200 02/17/06), run the following command:
    confirm misdly(1200 02/17/06).job3;succ
  2. To issue an abend confirmation for job number 234, run the following command:
    confirm 234;abend
  3. To issue a succ confirmation for job job4 and set MYOUTPUTCOND to true in the daily(1130 02/17/2016) job stream, run the following command:
    confirm daily(1130 02/17/2016).job4;succ if MYOUTPUTCOND