z/OS REXX Programming Workshop

Course overview

This is an intermediate course for people who need to write and maintain Rexx programs in the z/OS system environment.

This course is designed to teach you the basic skills required to write programs using the REXX language in z/OS. The course covers the TSO extensions to REXX and interaction with other environments such as the MVS console, running REXX in batch jobs, and compiling REXX.

Who should attend

This is an intermediate course for people who need to write and maintain Rexx programs in the z/OS system environment.

Prerequisites

You should be able to: • Code basic Job Control Language statements • Code in a programming language • Create, alter, and delete data sets using TSO These skills can be developed by taking: • Fundamental System Skills of z/OS (ES10) • A programming language course

Delivery formats

• • Instructor-led online (virtual classroom)
• • Instructor-led on-site at your premises
• • Self-paced online training
• • Private/closed group delivery for corporate teams

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• ES35G — Advanced Assembler Language Coding Workshop (Advanced)
• ES90G — Advanced Parallel Sysplex Operations and Recovery Workshop (Advanced)
• BE87G — Effective RACF Administration (Intermediate)
• ES07G — z/OS JCL and Utilities (Basic)