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Created on Nov 19, 2024

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Additional functionality to saveOutput methods in JobExec class in DBB Toolkit API to ignore DD-name/header

Hello,

Currently in the different saveOutput methods in the JobExec class that uses the ddName parameter to save the output of a specific DD in an executed job the DD-name/header is included in the file that is saved as the initial line. This unfortunately causes a few issues when trying to use the method to save for example an XML output as an XML file, as the initial line in the file will then contain data that doesn't follow XML syntax. This leads to errors down the line when trying to parse the created XML in this example.

If there were additional methods for saveOutput methods using the ddName parameter that, for example, uses a boolean that indicates if the header/name is to be included as the initial line or not. Having these methods like this should allow the possibility to freely choose, depending on the scenario, on whether or not if the DD-name/header as the initial line is useful, needed, not needed, or even detrimental when saving the specific outputs of a DD.

The old, deprecated JCLExec did not include these "headers" when running its saveOutput methods, for reference. This can also been seen in the attached picture "JCLExec_vs_JobExec_output.jpg", which ran the same script with the only difference being that one used JCLExec and the other used JobExec.

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