INCLUDE Statement Second Pass Preprocessing

Another use for Second Pass Preprocessing is for arguments in an INCLUDE statement. Arguments may be sent to the target of an INCLUDE statement using the following syntax:

((INCLUDE job_name_to_include_from [arg1] [arg2] ... [arg9]))

Example: To make the arguments parameters or variables, Second Pass Preprocessing is required. Here is an example of p1 and p2 being used as arguments in an include statement:

((INCLUDE other_job "((p1))" "((p2))" ))

or

((INCLUDE other_job "YESTERDAY" "TODAY" ))

The values of p1 and p2 are YESTERDAY and TODAY. The job named other job needs to have commands that use the syntax %%1%% and %%2%% (up to %%9%%) to incorporate the supplied arguments.

run_complete %%1%% %%2%%

Then the processed result using the Preview button would be:

run_complete YESTERDAY TODAY