Quick Fix for S0C7 Abends

Overview

A practical JCL solution using FILEAID to remove problematic data causing S0C7 abends (data exception errors).

JCL Solution

//VNDJ29Y JOB (D0B9D,DEV),'VNDJ29',CLASS=A,
//         MSGCLASS=T,NOTIFY=&SYSUID,TIME=(,20)
//STEP01 EXEC PGM=FILEAID
//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSLIST  DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSTOTAL DD SYSOUT=*
//DD01     DD DSN=VNDJ29.FLATFILE,DISP=SHR
//DD01O    DD DSN=VNDJ29.FLATFILE.NEW,
//            DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
//            SPACE=(TRK,(10,10),RLSE),
//            DCB=(VNDJ29.FLATFILE)
//SYSIN DD *
$$DD01 DROP IF=(1,5,NEP)
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FILEAID Filter Parameters

These parameters allow filtering records based on data format validation at specified positions and lengths within dataset records.