As indicated above, sample User Daily jobs DAILYSYS and DAILYPRD are supplied with Control‑M in table MAINDAY.
In theory, it is not necessary to use User Daily jobs. It is possible (but not recommended) to place all job scheduling definitions in one or more tables and have them scheduled by the New Day procedure.
It is also possible (and also not recommended) to maintain only the two sample User Daily jobs provided with Control‑M and to order all user jobs through the User Daily DAILYPRD.
The recommended method to automate the production environment using New Day Processing is by
The table described the advantages that such an implementation provides.
Table 98 Advantages of Recommended Method of Automating the Production by Means of New Day Processing
Advantage |
Description |
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Improved performance |
Many User Daily jobs running in parallel can order the full day’s production jobs in significantly less time than can one User Daily that orders all jobs individually. |
Ease of administration |
The INCONTROL administrator can make each department responsible for its own User Daily jobs and tables and for controlling its own job ordering. |
Increased security |
While maintaining exclusive authorization for the New Day procedure, the INCONTROL administrator can limit each department’s authorization to its own User Daily jobs. |
Minimization of problems |
Problems encountered in one User Daily do not necessarily affect the job ordering of other User Daily jobs. |
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