Examples for DAYS

The examples in this chapter are based on the following assumptions:

• The current month is December, 2001.
• Working days are defined in calendar WORKDAYS, which contains the following working days (indicated by Y) for December, 2001.

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  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1

       Y Y Y Y Y     Y Y Y Y Y     Y Y Y Y Y     Y   Y Y Y     Y

• WDAYS are defined as working days beginning on Monday.
• Periodic calendar PERIDAYS contains the following periodic definition for December 2001. These examples assume that all other days of this calendar are blank.

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  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + 1

       B C A A B     B C A A B     B C A A B     B C A A B     B

• Start of the week is defined as Monday. Weeks start on the following dates in December 2001: 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st.

At the end of each example, asterisks in a December 2001 calendar indicate the days on which the job is scheduled.

DAYS Example 1

Schedule the job on the 17th day and the last day of the month.

DAYS     17,L1

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 171 DAYS Parameter Example 1

DAYS Example 2

Schedule the job on all working days of the month except the 6th day of the month, and also schedule the job on the 1st day of the month.

DAYS     +1,-6

DCAL     WORKDAYS

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 172 DAYS Parameter Example 2

DAYS Example 3

Schedule the job on all working days of the month except the first and last working days, and except the 17th day, of the month.

DAYS     -D1,-17,-L1

DCAL     WORKDAYS

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 173 DAYS Parameter Example 3

DAYS Example 4

Schedule the job on the 8th day of the month. If it is not a working day, schedule the job on the closest preceding working day.

DAYS     <8

DCAL     WORKDAYS

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 174 DAYS Parameter Example 4

DAYS Example 5

Schedule the job on the 1st day of period A, and on all days, except the 2nd day, of period B. Do not schedule the job on the 5th day of the month.

DAYS    -5,D1PA,-D2PB

DCAL    PERIDAYS

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 175 DAYS Parameter Example 5

DAYS Example 6

Schedule the job on each Monday and on the 1st day of the month.

DAYS     1

AND/OR   OR

WDAYS    1

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 176 DAYS Parameter Example 6

DAYS Example 7

Schedule the job on the 3rd day of the month provided it is a Monday.

DAYS     3

AND/OR   AND

WDAYS    1

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 177 DAYS Parameter Example 7

DAYS Example 8

Schedule the job on the last Monday of the month.

DAYS     L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6,L7

AND/OR   AND

WDAYS    1

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 178 DAYS Parameter Example 8

DAYS Example 9

Schedule the job on the 1st, 7th and 15th days of the month if they are both Saturdays and working days. If the day of the month (1st, 7th, 15th) is not a Saturday, do not schedule the job. If the day of the month is a Saturday, but it is not a working day, schedule the job on the next working day.

DAYS     1,7,15

AND/OR   AND

WDAYS    6

CONFCAL  WORKDAYS

SHIFT    >

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 179 DAYS Parameter Example 9

DAYS Example 10

Schedule the job to run on the first Friday after the 15th of the month.

DAYS     16,17,18,19,20,21,22

AND/OR   AND

WDAYS    5

The job is scheduled on the days of the month indicated by an asterisk:

Figure 180 DAYS Parameter Example 10

DAYS Example 11

Schedule the job to run on the 15th day of every period, except for period G. The periods are defined in periodic calendar PERCAL.

The following steps are required:

1. In the SMART Table Entity of a SMART Table, define a rule-based calendar, RBC1, which contains the following scheduling criteria:

   DAYS -D15PG,D15P*      DCAL PERCAL

2. In the actual job definition, specify the following:

   SCHEDULE RBC RBC1
RELATIONSHIP (AND/OR) A
DAYS D15P*             DCAL PERCAL