Basic Scheduling Parameters for job scheduling definitions – Summary

Basic Scheduling parameters determine if the job is a candidate for execution on a specific date. If a job is a candidate for execution on a specific date, a job order is automatically placed in the Active Jobs file during New Day processing.

Each job order placed in the Active Jobs file is associated with an original scheduling date. This is the date the job is to run according to the Basic Scheduling parameters. This date is not necessarily the same as the current system date or the current working date. For further information, see Date Definition Concepts.

Basic Scheduling parameters and subparameters allow different methods of expressing a job schedule.

Each set of basic scheduling criteria in the SMART Table Entity must be uniquely labeled by a SCHEDULE RBC value. At least one Schedule RBC must be defined.

In job scheduling definitions, SCHEDULE RBC is optional. Each specified SCHEDULE RBC value in the job scheduling definition for a job of a SMART table must match a SCHEDULE RBC value in the SMART Table Entity.

To specify an Exclude RBC, an exclamation mark (!) must be added as a prefix when defining a Table level RBC, or as a prefix to the RBC name when referring to a Control-M (CTM) level RBC.

The RELATIONSHIP parameter appears in job scheduling definitions in both SMART Tables and non-SMART tables.

The RELATIONSHIP parameter defines the relationship (AND/OR) between rule-based calendar criteria and the basic scheduling criteria of the job, that is, whether one or both sets of criteria are to be satisfied.

The Basic Scheduling parameters, except SCHEDULE RBC and RELATIONSHIP, are listed below by category. When defining basic scheduling criteria for jobs in tables, or when defining basic scheduling criteria for SMART Table Entities, the following rules apply to these categories of parameters:

• Parameters must be selected from one and only one of the first three categories (A, B, or C).
• Parameters in the last two categories (D and E) are optional.

  Table 157 Category A, B, C, and D Parameters

  Category	Parameter
  A	MONTHS – Schedule the job during the specified months. DAYS – Schedule the job on specified days (in the above-specified months) and/or select days from a specified calendar. WDAYS – Schedule the job on specified days of the week (in the above-specified months) and/or select days from a specified calendar. CONFCAL – Confirm scheduling days against a specified calendar.
  B	DATES – Schedule the job on specified dates. WDAYS – Schedule the job on specified days of the week. CONFCAL – Confirm scheduling days against a specified calendar.
  C	PDS – PDS to be checked for minimum number of tracks. MINIMUM – Minimum number of tracks.
  D	RETRO – Schedule the job even if the original scheduling date has passed.
  E	MAXWAIT – Maximum number of days to keep the job in the Active Jobs file awaiting execution after its original scheduling date has passed. D-CAT – Control-D category of the job. (Documented as CATEGORY prior to version 5.1.4.)