DO FORCEJOB: Automated Console Action Parameter

Forces jobs under Control-M.

Figure 154 DO FORCEJOB Parameter Format

DO FORCEJOB

Optional. Type FORCEJOB in the DO field and press Enter. The subparameters shown in Table 130 are displayed:

Table 130 DOFORCEJOB Subparameters

Subparameter	Description
TABLE	Name of Control-M scheduling table. Mandatory.
JOB	Job name. If this field is blank, all jobs in the specified table are forced. Optional.
UFLOW	Whether to force a unique job flow for the jobs in a table. Relevant only when the JOB name is left blank. A unique flow is not affected by conditions that might already exist as relationships between jobs in the AJF. This is accomplished by automatically adding unique suffixes (up to 3 characters long) to the new condition names. Valid values are: Y – Flow will be unique. N – Flow will not be unique. Default.
DATE	Scheduling date for the jobs. Valid values are: spec_date – a specific date, in mmddyy, ddmmyy or yymmdd format, depending on the site standard ODAT – resolves to the Control-M installation working date. Default. DATE – resolves to the system date %%xx – an AutoEdit symbol. The symbol can be assigned by a DO SET command in the rule, or it can be a Global variable. ? – check the status of the job in the Control-M Active Jobs file for any date ODAT? – check the status of the job in the Control-M Active Jobs file for the current working date DATE? – check the status of the job in the Control-M Active Jobs file for the current system date
LIBRARY	Name of the Control-M scheduling library containing the specified table. Mandatory.

The following Auto-Edit system variables are available to newly forced jobs and can be used in the Control-M job scheduling definition or JCL:

Table 130a AutoEdit System Variables

Variable	Description
%%$DSN	Name of the data set handled by the rule. Valid only for rules containing an ON DSNEVENT statement.
%%$DSNDISP	Disposition of the data set handled by the rule. Valid only for rules containing an ON DSNEVENT statement. Possible values are: C – cataloged D – deleted K – kept N – NOT CATLG2 R – retained S – scratched U – uncataloged
%%$JNAME	Triggering job name. Valid in rules for all types of events.
%%$SABEND	System abend code of the step whose termination triggered the rule.
%%$STEPCC	Completion code of the step whose termination triggered the rule.
%%$UABEND	User abend code of the step whose termination triggered the rule.