Method and system for simulating job entry subsystem (JES) operation

摘要

A method for simulating a behavior of a spooler (220), comprising: receiving (305) an output file (405) produced by the spooler as a result of the execution of a unit of work in a data processing apparatus, the unit of work being submitted to the spooler by a data processing automation program running on the data processing apparatus; extracting (310, 315) from the received output file at least one collection of data (260, 265, 270), wherein the at least one collection of data includes data necessary to the data processing automation product (205) for performing a data processing automation function; causing (330-350) the data processing automation product receive said at least one collection of data instead of retrieving the necessary data from the spooler.