These features are more advanced. Some of them may be specific to Summer Batch technology
Support for steps without reader or without writer
Support for steps with several writers
Support for conditionally executed writers
Support for key-grouping of read data, to process each group as a whole
Support for reader and writer use during a process run (useful for multi read)
SQL script execution steps
Email sending steps
FTP get and put steps
Common file operations, such as copying or deleting files during a job
File sort capabilities using legacy DFSORT cards semantics
Mainframe EBCDIC file readers and writers, using COBOL copybooks
Advanced report writers, either through flat file templates or through Microsoft® Reporting
Mainframe GDG-like support