Job Dependency Network Screen

The Job Dependency Network screen is displayed when option N (Network) is entered on the Active Environment screen. The Job Dependency Network screen displays all the predecessor and successor jobs (including eventual successors and predecessors) for the selected job.

Job dependencies are determined according the prerequisite IN and OUT conditions of the job. DO COND statements are not used for this purpose because the dependencies they create are conditional rather than constant.

The Job Dependency Network screen is a special case of the Active Environment screen, and therefore contains most of the same features. A filter that is active in the Active Environment screen also remains active in the Job Dependency Network screen (and vice versa).

Jobs are listed in job flow order (that is, level) relative to the selected job. The selected job is indicated by level 0. Predecessor jobs are indicated by a minus sign and successor jobs are indicated by a plus sign.

The network of jobs is maintained by the Control-M monitor, and is refreshed only by request. The REFRESH Command is described in Commands of the Job Dependency Network Screen. The time of the last network refresh is displayed on the top line of the Job Dependency Network screen.

To return to the Active Environment screen, press the END key (PF03/PF15).

Features of the Job Dependency Network screen that have already been described earlier for the Active Environment screen are not described below. Refer to the Active Environment screen for information about those features. However, note the following points:

• The RBAL command of the Active Environment screen is not supported in the Job Dependency Network screen. This difference is also reflected in the Primary Bottom lines of the two screens.
• The N (Network) display type is specifically oriented to the Job Dependency Network screen, and is therefore described in the following section. It is also available in the Active Environment screen.

  For a description of the fields in the D (Default) display type and the A (All Info) display type, see Format of the Active Environment Screen.