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COBOL Programming Course #1 - Getting Started/COBOL Programming Course #1 - Getting Started.md

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*Figure 9. User name prompt*
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9. A sample username, Z99998, is entered as shown in Figure 10. The ID is assigned by the System Administrator.
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9. **Please enter the username assigned to you! Do not use the sample username of Z99998.** A sample username, is entered as shown in Figure 10. The ID is assigned by the System Administrator.
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*Figure 10. Specified user name*
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10. The connection prompts for the Username Password as shown in Figure 11.
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10. The connection prompts for the password as shown in Figure 11.
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*Figure 11. Password prompt*
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11. Enter the Username Password as shown in Figure 12.
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11. Enter the password as shown in Figure 12.
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16. A prompt to Select a filter appears for ID Z99998. Select the + to Create a new filter as shown in Figure 17.
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16. A prompt to "Select a filter" appears for your username. Select the + to "Create a new filter" as shown in Figure 17.
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18. ID Z99998 has lab data set names that begin the Z99998. Therefore, Z99998 is entered as the filter to searched for ID Z99998 as shown in Figure 19.
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18. Each user has a high-level qualifier that is the same as their username. Therefore, enter your assigned username as the search criteria as shown in Figure 19. **Please use your username, not Z99998!**
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*Figure 19. Entered filter name*
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19. A list of data set names beginning with Z99998 for ID Z99998 from z/OS Connection LearnCOBOL appears as shown in Figure 20.
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19. A list of data set names beginning with your username from z/OS Connection LearnCOBOL appears as shown in Figure 20.
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*Figure 20. Filtered data set names*
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20. Expand **Z99998.CBL** to view COBOL source members, then select member **HELLO** to see a simple COBOL ‘Hello World!’ program as shown in Figure 21.
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20. Expand **`<USERNAME>.CBL`** to view COBOL source members, then select member **HELLO** to see a simple COBOL ‘Hello World!’ program as shown in Figure 21.
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*Figure 21. Z9998.CBL*
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*Figure 21. `<USERNAME>.CBL`*
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21. Expand **Z99998.JCL** to view JCL and select member HELLO which is the JCL to compile and execute simple ‘Hello World!’ COBOL source code as shown in Figure 22.
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21. Expand **`<USERNAME>.JCL`** to view JCL and select member HELLO which is the JCL to compile and execute simple ‘Hello World!’ COBOL source code as shown in Figure 22.
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*Figure 22. Z99998.JCL*
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*Figure 22. `<USERNAME>.JCL`*
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22. Right click on JCL member **HELLO** . A section box appears. Select **Submit Job** for system to process HELLO JCL as shown in Figure 23. The submitted JCL job compiles the COBOL HELLO source code, then executes the COBOL HELLO program.
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22. Right click on JCL member **HELLO** . A section box appears. Select **Submit Job** for system to process HELLO JCL as shown in Figure 23. The submitted JCL job compiles the COBOL HELLO source code, then executes the COBOL HELLO program.
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23. Observe the ‘Jobs’ section in Zowe Explorer as shown in Figure 24.
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23. Observe the ‘Jobs’ section in Zowe Explorer as shown in Figure 24.
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24. Again, click on the + to the far right on the Jobs selection. Result is another prompt to ‘Create new’. Select **LearnCOBOL** from the list as shown in Figure 25.
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25. As a result, the JCL jobs owned by ID Z99998 appears. HELLOCBL is the JCL job name previously submitted. Expand **HELLOCBL** output to view sections of the output as shown in Figure 26.
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25. As a result, the JCL jobs owned by your username appears. HELLOCBL is the JCL job name previously submitted. Expand **HELLOCBL** output to view sections of the output as shown in Figure 26.
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26. Select **COBRUN:SYSPRINT(101)** to view the COBOL compiler output. Scroll forward in the COBOL compile to locate the COBOL source code compiled into an executable module as shown in Figure 27. Observe the Indicator Area in column 7, A Area beginning in column 8, and B Area beginning in column 12. Also, observe the period (.) scope terminators in the COBOL source.
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26. Select **COBRUN:SYSPRINT(101)** to view the COBOL compiler output. Scroll forward in the COBOL compile to locate the COBOL source code compiled into an executable module as shown in Figure 27. Observe the Indicator Area in column 7, A Area beginning in column 8, and B Area beginning in column 12. Also, observe the period (.) scope terminators in the COBOL source.
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27. View the COBOL program execution by selecting **COBRUN:SYSOUT(105)** from the LearnCOBOL in the Jobs section of Zowe Explorer as shown in Figure 28.
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*Figure 28. COBOL program execution*
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28. The following URL is another excellent document describing the above VSCode and Zowe Explore details with examples:
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28. The following URL is another excellent document describing the above VSCode and Zowe Explore details with examples:
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[https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Zowe.vscode-extension-for-zowe](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Zowe.vscode-extension-for-zowe)
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## Lab - Zowe CLI & Automation

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