There are times (month end, for example) when you need to know which users of an application are signed on so you can respond accordingly. Reliably enough, the iSeries provides all the APIs you need to achieve this.
There are two APIs you need to know about:
QUSLJOB – List Job, generates a list of some or all jobs on the system. This information can be pushed into a user space.
QUSRTVUS – Retrieve User Space, pulls the information out of the user space.
The CL program, below the fold, shows these APIs in action. It does work, although it won’t make any changes – I’m still waiting for final approval to go ahead and write this – and I have filed off a few serial numbers to avoid copyright problems. Feel free to copy it, compile it and modify it according to your own needs. If you have any comments, feedback is always appreciated.
What the program does is read through a table of application users (USERTABLE) and, for each USERID, lists all active jobs for that user in a user space. A nested loop (at Label STEP01A) loops through each job found to retrieve the essential data.
What you do with this retrieved job information is up to you, but I’m thinking in terms of disabling the profile and ending the job.
Update: I’ve just noticed that copying and pasting the code into WordPress causes more than a few oddities in the rendering. So I’ve moved the code into a text file which you can download here: RtvActJob.CLLE
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