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Selecting rule-based calendars

To select a calendar, type the option S next to the calendar name in the List of RBC Calendars screen and press Enter.

The RULE-BASED CALENDAR screen appears.

Figure 105 Rule-based calendar screen

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RULE-BASED CALENDAR FINANCE                                     OWNER M46A               

DAYS                                                             DCAL        

                                                                     AND/OR  

WDAYS                                                            WCAL        

MONTHS  1- Y 2- Y 3- Y 4- Y 5- Y 6- Y 7- Y 8- Y 9- Y 10- Y 11- Y 12- Y       

DATES                                                                        

CONFCAL        SHIFT          MAXWAIT 00                           

RULE-BASED CALENDAR  ACTIVE FROM         UNTIL                                       

Table 133 Rule-based calendar screen parameters

Parameter

Description

RULE-BASED CALENDAR

Identifies the set of scheduling criteria defined in the SMART Table Entity or IOA Calendar Facility that can be used to schedule the job.

OWNER

User ID of the owner of the job.

DAYS

Days of the month to schedule the job. A maximum of two lines can be entered.

WDAYS

Days of the week to schedule the job. A maximum of two lines can be entered.

WCAL

Identifies a calendar containing working days on which a job can be scheduled.

MONTHS

Months to run the job.

DATES

Specific dates in the year to run the job.

CONFCAL

Name of a calendar used to confirm job scheduling dates.

SHIFT

Indicates when and if a job must be scheduled. Optional.

MAXWAIT

Number of extra days within which to try to execute a job in the Active Jobs file if the date of the job has passed.

RULE-BASED CALENDAR ACTIVE FROM

When a date is entered in this field within a job scheduling definition, the job will only be ordered if the current date is later than that date. Valid values are:

  • Date in the format ddmmyy, or mmddyy, or yymmdd, depending on your site format, as set by the DATETYP parameter in the IOAPARM member in the IOA PARM library.
  • ‘  ‘ (Blank)

RULE-BASED CALENDAR ACTIVE UNTIL

When a date is entered in this field within a job scheduling definition, the job will only be ordered if the current date is earlier than that date. Valid values are:

  • Date in the format ddmmyy, or mmddyy, or yymmdd, depending on your site format, as set by the DATETYP parameter in the IOAPARM member in the IOA PARM library.
  • ‘  ‘ (Blank)

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Defining rule-based calendars