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Production incidentAdvanced25 min

Incident: the layout does not match the file

INC21455 · 09:20 · MPSYS
Job BALJOB ended ABEND=S0C7 in step RUN on the first record
New partner balance file received today (spec: PROD.PARTNER.SPEC)

A new partner sends its account balances in PROD.PARTNER.BAL. BALLOAD totals them, using a record layout copied from an older balance copybook. The first run abended S0C7 on the very first record. The partner's file layout is in PROD.PARTNER.SPEC. Make BALLOAD read the file correctly.

What you will do

  1. Read the bad bytes
  2. Compare the program's layout with the file and the spec
  3. Fix the layout and rerun

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