Actions

Sends a message when the job is not or cannot be not submitted by the time you define.

For cyclic folders and jobs, this attribute only controls the first execution. To define notifications for subsequent executions, see the Job's Calculated Cyclic Submission Is Late By option.

Sends a message when the elapsed execution time exceeds the number of minutes you define.

Time limits are expressed as the actual elapsed minutes of a job execution, or as a deviation from the (statistical) average execution time.

Rules: 1–999 minutes.

Sends a message when the job continues executing after the defined time.

Sends a message when the job is set to rerun, (not valid for folders).

Sends a message when the beginning of the second or subsequent cyclic execution is late by the number of minutes you define.

You must select and define the Job Not Submitted by <Time> attribute to send a notification when the first cyclic execution is late.

This feature is supported in Control-M/Server 9.0.21 and higher.

Rules: 1–999 minutes.

Determines where the notification is sent, as follows:

• Alerts Window: Sends a notification to the Alerts window, as described in Alerts.

• Mail: Sends an email to the indicated email addresses, see Mail Attributes.

• Remedy: Opens a ticket in the Remedy Help Desk.

• Job Log: Sends a notification to the job log.

• User Console: Sends a notification to the user console.

• System Console: (z/OS) Sends a notification to the operator console, as follows:

  • Route Code: Defines an optional 3-digit code.

  • Highlight: Determines whether the message is a highlighted, unrollable message.

• TSO User: (z/OS) Sends a message to the specified ID, as follows:

  • User ID: Defines the ID (1 to 7 characters) where Control-M writes the message.
  • Comp: (Optional) Defines the computer and/or host of the TSO logonid.

• IOA Log: (z/OS) Sends the message to the IOA log file under the specified User ID.

• SNMP Destination: Sends an SNMP trap (message) to the recipient address that you define.

• Mail Group: (z/OS) Defines a group name in the SNMPDEST destination table.

Defines the text of the notification message as follows:

Rules:

Characters: 1–255, z/OS: 1–70

Case Sensitive: Yes

Invalid Characters: None

Performs the defined Action if the job ends with the status Ended Not OK.

Performs the defined Action if the job ends.

Performs the defined Action if the job ends with the status Ended OK.

Performs the defined Action in response to the OS completion code returned by the OS.

Performs the defined Action when the number of job executions is met.

Performs the defined Action when the number of job reruns is met.

Performs the defined Action if the output cannot be found.

Performs the defined Action if the job returns as not submitted.

Performs the defined Action in relation to the number of times the job failed.

Performs the defined Action if one of the following is fulfilled:

• The job script file contains the character string that you define in Statement.

• The OS response to the character string that you define contains the code characters that you define in Code.

Rules:

• Statement: 1–132 characters in length, from the job script file, containing at least one *.

• Code: 1–255 characters in length, from the exit code of DOS BAT scripts and REXX CMD scripts that are returned to the Control-M/Server.

Statement and code character strings can contain the following mask characters:

• *: Represents any number of characters (including no characters).
• $: Represents any single character.
• ?: Represents any single character.

Performs the defined Actions if the logical condition defined on the variable value returns True.

This feature is supported in Control-M/Server 9.0.21 and higher.

Rules:

• Variable Name: Local, folder, or global, as described in Variables.

  Characters: 1–128, (z/OS: 1–64). This includes the Pool name if the variable is in a Pool.

  (z/OS) If you are using a global variable you must include a \ (backslash), such as \MYVAR.

• Operator: The Operator determines the relationship between the variable and the value. There are two kinds of operator types: integer operators (numeric values) and string operators (alphanumeric values). Depending on the operator type you select, you might need to provide one value, either a number or string, or two values, such as a Min and Max range.

• Rules Value:

  • String:

    • 1–255 characters. String values can contain up to 4,000 characters.

    • (z/OS) 1–64 characters. String values can contain up to 80 characters.

    • Special characters: * (asterisks) ,(z/OS) ? (question marks).

    • String values can contain other variables.

  • Integer:

    • 1–255 characters for both the Min and Max value field combined if one of the fields contains a variable.

    • 1–10 characters for each Min and Max value field (11 characters if you are using number signs '+' or '-'), if a variable is not used.

    • (z/OS) 1–64 characters for each Min and Max value field if one of the fields contains a variable.

    • (z/OS Only) 1–10 characters for each Min and Max value field (11 characters if you are using number signs + or -) if a variable is not used.

(z/OS) Performs the defined Action if the specified codes are found in any program step.

Rules:

• Characters: 1–8

• Invalid Characters: Non-English characters and blank spaces.

(z/OS) Indicates that the value is used without being accompanied by limiting step values when the code criteria are satisfied for every step. The code criteria are satisfied for every step in the job without exception.

Rules:

• Characters: 1–8

• Invalid Characters: Non-English characters and blank spaces.

(z/OS) Defines the name of a specific procedure or program step. If a specific procedure or program step is specified, only program or procedure steps from the invoked procedure or program are checked to see if they satisfy the code criteria. Program or procedure steps directly from the job are not checked.

Rules:

• Characters: 1–8

• Invalid Characters: Non-English characters and blank spaces.

(z/OS) Specifies a range of steps in the steps of an Any program step statement.

Rules:

• Characters: 1–8

• Invalid Characters: Non-English characters and blank spaces.

(z/OS) Assign a completion code for the entire job based on the completion codes of its steps.

Sends a notification to a specific destination, as described in Notify Attributes.

Sets the status of a job to OK, even if the job completes Not OK.

Sets the status of a job to Not OK, even if the job completes OK.

Re-executes the job.

Stops subsequent iterations of the current cyclic job.

Resolves the value of a user-defined variable A type of variable whose name and value you manually define in a job and can reference in the same job and subsequent jobs. for use in subsequent jobs, with attributes, as described in Variables.

Forces a job to execute, even if the scheduling criteria is not met. You can force the job in the local Control-M/Server or remote Control-M/Server.

You can also select to Run as Independent Flow, which determines whether the job workflow in the folder executes independently from other instances of the same workflow using the same events. This is achieved by adding a unique suffix to the events used in each workflow instance. Run as Independent Flow is supported in SMART folders, sub-folders, and jobs.

Determines how the job handles the output, as follows:

• Copy
• Delete
• Move
• Print
• None

z/OS:

• None

• Change Jobs Class

• Delete Output

• Copy Output

• Move Output

Determines whether to add or delete a prerequisite The part of the job definition that controls the flow of your jobs, such as an event that controls flow sequence or a resource that controls load balancing. event, as described in Events.

(z/OS) Defines the Control‑M/Analyzer rule that Control-M executes.

Name:

• Characters: 1–8

• Case Sensitive: Yes

• Invalid Characters: Blank spaces and non-English characters.

Argument:

• Characters: 1–45

• Case Sensitive: Yes

• Invalid Characters: Blank spaces; non-English characters

Determines the destination of the notification, as follows:

• Alerts Window: Sends a notification to the Alerts window.

• Mail: Sends an email to the indicated email addresses, as described in Mail Attributes.

• Remedy: Opens a ticket in the Remedy Help Desk.

• Job Log: Sends a notification to the job log.

• User Console: Sends a notification to the user console.

• System Console: (z/OS) Sends a notification to the operator console, as follows:

  • Route Code: Defines an optional 3-digit code.

  • Highlight: Determines whether the message is a highlighted unrollable message.

• TSO User: (z/OS) Sends a message to the specified ID, as follows:

  • User ID: Defines the ID (1 to 7 characters) where Control-M writes the message.
  • Comp: (Optional) Defines the computer and/or host of the TSO logonid.

• IOA Log: (z/OS) Sends the message to the IOA log file under the specified User ID.

• SNMP Destination: Sends a notification to a nicknamed Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) destination that you define in the Value field, as described in The SNMP Destination Table.

  To enable this option, you must create a NICK address in Notification Destinations and provide the SNMP script in the Value field, as described in Creating a Notification Destinations List. Alternatively, you can use a predefined script, as described in Sending alerts and xAlerts to an event management system.

• Mail Group: (z/OS) Defines a group name in the SNMPDEST destination table.

Defines the text of the notification message.

Rules:

• Characters: 1–4,000

  z/OS: 1–255 lines, each containing 1–70 characters. The message must not exceed 4,000 characters.

• Case sensitive: Yes

• Invalid characters: ' (apostrophes).

  z/OS: None

• Variable support: A variable or expression can be specified as all or part of the value for this parameter.

Sends the message if the job finished executing with an unsuccessful operating system completion status, or due to a submission failure, such as the queue does not exist.

Sends the message if the job finished executing with a successful operating system completion status.

Determines where the notification is sent, as follows:

• Alerts Window: Sends a notification to the Alerts window, as described in Alerts.

• Mail: Sends an email to the indicated email addresses, see Mail Attributes.

• Remedy: Opens a ticket in the Remedy Help Desk.

• Job Log: Sends a notification to the job log.

• User Console: Sends a notification to the user console.

• System Console: (z/OS) Sends a notification to the operator console, as follows:

  • Route Code: Defines an optional 3-digit code.

  • Highlight: Determines whether the message is a highlighted, unrollable message.

• TSO User: (z/OS) Sends a message to the specified ID, as follows:

  • User ID: Defines the ID (1 to 7 characters) where Control-M writes the message.
  • Comp: (Optional) Defines the computer and/or host of the TSO logonid.

• IOA Log: (z/OS) Sends the message to the IOA log file under the specified User ID.

• SNMP Destination: Sends an SNMP trap (message) to the recipient address that you define.

• Mail Group: (z/OS) Defines a group name in the SNMPDEST destination table.

Defines the text of the notification message as follows:

Rules:

Characters: 1–255, z/OS: 1–70

Case Sensitive: Yes

Invalid Characters: None

Defines the variable name that contains the captured data, that can be used in other jobs.

Determines the variable type as described in User-Defined Variables.

Determines where in the output file to run the capture process as follows:

• Move to the End of Below String: Moves the cursor position to the end of the string in the output file.

• Forward By: Selects the number of lines to skip from the search string.

• Words/Characters: Selects the number of words or characters to skip from the search string in the output file.

• Delimiter: Selects a delimiter type that is used as a split separator between words in the job output file.

• None

• Copy: Copies the job output to a file that you define in the Filename field.

• Delete: Deletes the job output from the default output directory.

• Move: Moves the job output file from the default output directory to the pathname that you define in the New Destination field.

• Print: Prints the job output to the printer that you define in the Printer Name field.

Default: None

z/OS:

• None

• Change Jobs Class: Changes the class of the job output.

• Delete: Deletes the job output.

• Copy: Copies the job output to a selected filename.

• Move: Moves the job output to a selected path.

Default: None

Defines the filename and its position in the directory (pathname) of the file that contains the job ouput when the job ends OK.

Defines the pathname that the job output is sent to when the job ends OK.