JES Log Scanner Create CSV File with Elapsed Time

Introduction

The ability to review the results of batch job executions is a requirement for regression testing. The JES Spool provides the basic information. However, summarizing the information and calculating elapsed time for jobs and job steps takes additional time and effort. The MFJESLOG Utility Program is used with Micro Focus Enterprise Server to programmatically summarize this information and provides a summary file that may be easily imported into an Excel Spreadsheet.

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MFJESLOG, What It Does

The MFJESLOG utility program will scan the Micro Focus JES Spool Output and write the information to a CSV File that can be easily imported into an Excel Spread Sheet. The utility has an optional feature to write to an HTML file or ASCII/Text File.

This program provides presentation alternatives for reviewing or sharing the contents of the Micro Focus JES log. The MFJESLOG program will read a JES Spool file created by Micro Focus and produce an HTML or CSV file with job and job step information such as start, stop and elapsed times along with the Job Name, Job Number and the condition code at the end of each step and at the end of job.

MFJESLOG, How To Use

The following command file (EZJESLOG.cmd) describes how to use the MFJESLOG program.

@echo OFF
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *               EZJESLOG.cmd - a Windows Command File               *
rem  *         This program is provided by SimoTime Technologies         *
rem  *           (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved             *
rem  *             Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
rem  *                   e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *
rem  * ESA, Enterprise Server Administration
rem  *      JES Log Presentation or Sharing Alternatives
rem  *
rem  * The following two environment variables identify the location of
rem  * the input and output files.
rem  *
rem  * SOURCEDIR    - Identifies the directory for the input spool files.
rem  * TARGETDIR    - Identifies the directory for the output files.
rem  *
rem  * The following four environment variables identify the functions
rem  * to enable.
rem  *
rem  * MFJESLOG_CSV - If set to "ENABLE" a CSV file will be created with
rem  *                a summary of start, stop and elapsed times for the
rem  *                job and the job steps.
rem  *
rem  * MFJESLOG_HTM - If set to "ENABLE" an HTML document will be created
rem  *                with a summary of start, stop and elapsed times for
rem  *                the job and the job steps.
rem  *
rem  * MFJESLOG_LOG - If set to "ENABLE" a copy of the JES File will be
rem  *                created with a summary of start, stop and elapsed
rem  *                times for the job and the job steps.
rem  *
rem  * MFJESLOG_JOB - If set to "ENABLE" an entry for the EOJ information
rem  *                is added to the end of the file.
rem  *
rem  * Note: the names of the output files are in the following format.
rem  *       MFJESLOG.JobName.JobNumber.Date.Time.ext
rem  *
     set CmdName=EZJESLOG
     call ..\Env1BASE
rem  *
     set SOURCEDIR=%BaseLib1%\DATA\SPOOL
     set TARGETDIR=%BaseLib1%\LOGS\MFJESLOG
     set LSTNAME=%TARGETDIR%\SIMOTIME.UTIL.LSTFILE.TXT
     if exist %LSTNAME% erase %LSTNAME%
     dir /on /b /a-d %SOURCEDIR%\MFE*.DAT>%LSTNAME%
rem  *
     set MFJESLOG_MSG=DISABLE
     set MFJESLOG_HTM=ENABLE
     set MFJESLOG_LOG=ENABLE
     set MFJESLOG_XML=ENABLE
     set MFJESLOG_JOB=REPLACE
     set MFJESLOG_LST=ENABLE
rem  *
rem  * Set the Job File Name for EOJ Summary log File.
     set JOBFILE=%TARGETDIR%\MIFOJES2.SUMMARY.LOGFILE.CSV
rem  *
     call SimoNOTE "*******************************************************%CmdName%.CMD"
     call SimoNOTE "Starting JobName %CmdName%, User is %USERNAME%"
     call SimoNOTE "%LSTNAME%
     run MFJESLOG
     if not "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto EOJNOK
rem  *     if exist %LSTNAME% erase %LSTNAME%
rem  *
:EOJAOK
     call SimoNOTE "DataMAKE %JOBFILE% "
     echo Finished JobName %CmdName%, User is %USERNAME%
     goto END
rem  *
:EOJNOK
     echo ABENDING JobName %CmdName%, User is %USERNAME%
rem  *
:END
     if not "%SimoMODE%" == "BATCH" (Start NotePad %JOBFILE%
                                     echo *)

Example of Job Information

The job execution was performed on a test system . The test cases were executed in a re-constructed test environment but may not have been the only jobs running on the system.

Reviewing JES Output to review the results of job execution can be very time consuming. The following summary of elapsed time for each of the test cases was created by programmatically accessing the JES Spool Output produced by the Micro Focus Server.

Elapsed Time by Job

The following shows the CSV file created by the JES Spool Scanner program that calculates elapsed times for all the jobs in the SPOOL folder.

20140418,16:43:14,JOB17973,PT1SMLJ1,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,STARTED ,        ,
20140418,16:43:27,JOB17973,PT1SMLJ1,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,ENDED   ,0000    ,00:00:13
20140418,16:43:43,JOB17974,PT1SMLJ2,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,STARTED ,        ,
20140418,16:44:02,JOB17974,PT1SMLJ2,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,ENDED   ,0000    ,00:00:19
20140418,16:46:14,JOB17976,PT1MEDJ1,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,STARTED ,        ,
20140418,16:46:57,JOB17976,PT1MEDJ1,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,ENDED   ,0000    ,00:00:43
20140418,16:58:59,JOB17978,PT1MEDJ2,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,STARTED ,        ,
20140418,16:59:58,JOB17978,PT1MEDJ2,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,ENDED   ,0000    ,00:00:59
20140418,21:16:25,JOB17992,PT1LRGJ1,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,STARTED ,        ,
20140418,21:19:11,JOB17992,PT1LRGJ1,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,ENDED   ,0000    ,00:02:46
20140418,21:53:41,JOB17995,PT1LRGJ2,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,STARTED ,        ,
20140418,22:00:18,JOB17995,PT1LRGJ2,                 ,mfuser  ,JOB ,ENDED   ,0000    ,00:06:37

Elapsed Time by Job Step

The following shows the HTM output created by the JES Spool Scanner program that calculates elapsed time by job step for each job.

Summary

The MFJESLOG utility program will scan the Micro Focus JES Spool Output and write job information to a CSV File or an HTML file. The program is part of the SIMOTIME Library and will execute on a Windows System with Micro Focus Enterprise Server . This document may be used as a tutorial for new programmers or as a quick reference for experienced programmers.

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