A job scheduling definition specifies criteria that identify decisions to be made, and actions to be taken, regarding the handling of a particular job. Each job scheduling definition contains the following sections:
Table 2 Job Scheduling Definition Sections
Section |
Description |
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General Parameters |
General information about the job (for example, identifies the library and member in which the JCL is stored). |
Basic Scheduling Parameters |
Criteria according to which Control-M schedules the job. |
Runtime Scheduling Parameters |
Runtime requirements that must be satisfied before Control-M submits the job. |
Post-processing Parameters |
Actions Control-M performs after the job ends, depending upon the outcome of job execution. For example, Control-M performs one set of actions if the job ends OK, but another set of actions if an abend occurs. |
Job scheduling definitions only need be defined once for each job in the production environment. The mechanism used to define job scheduling definitions is discussed in Online Facilities. Once defined, a job scheduling definition is saved. It can be modified later if required, and the changes saved.
Job scheduling definitions are stored in members in partitioned data sets (libraries), as follows:
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