Holding and Deleting Active Environment Screen Job Orders

Although it is unnecessary to delete these job orders from the Active Environment screen—they will probably be automatically deleted during New Day processing, which is discussed in Chapter 7, "Job Ordering and New Day Processing"—you should do so anyway, as part of the lesson.

1. Type D (Delete) in the O (Option) field for both jobs, as shown below, and press Enter.

   Figure 17 Delete Option in the Active Environment Screen

   Filter: IDGS      ------- Control-M  Active  Environment ------ UP    <D> - (3)

   COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL ==> CRSR

   O Name     Owner    Odate  Jobname  JobID   Typ ----------- Status ------------

   D IDJOB1   ID       020201 M21     /21309   JOB Ended "OK"                   

   D IDJOB2   ID       020201 M21     /21310   JOB Ended "OK"                   

   ========= >>>>>>>>>>>>>       Bottom of Jobs List       <<<<<<<<<<<<< ========

                                                                                

   The jobs are not deleted. Instead, a message appears at the top of the screen, as shown below:

   CTM653E CANNOT DELETE TASK IDJOB1 ODATE 020201 - NOT HELD       UP    <D> - (3)

   COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL ==> CRSR

   O Name     Owner    Odate  Jobname  JobID   Typ ----------- Status ------------

   D IDJOB1   ID       020201 M21     /24861   JOB Ended "OK"                   

   D IDJOB2   ID       020201 M21     /24866   JOB Ended "OK"                   

   ========= >>>>>>>>>>>>>        Bottom of Jobs List       <<<<<<<<<<<<< ========

   The message, CTM653E CANNOT DELETE TASK IDJOB1 ODATE 020201 - NOT HELD, indicates that the first requested deletion, that of job IDJOB1, could not be performed because the job is not Held. In fact, any action that affects a job order, or the status of a job order, cannot be performed until the job order is placed in Held status. To hold a job order, specify option H (Hold).

2. Replace the D option by each of the jobs with an H option and press Enter to place the jobs in Held status.

   The status of each job order changes to Requested Held Ended "OK", and messages at the top of the screen indicate the change. The last issued message for IDJOB2 remains displayed at the top of the screen.

   CTM659I HOLD OF TASK IDJOB2 GROUP "IDGRP1 " ODATE 020201 PERFORMED        - (3)

   COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL ==> CRSR

   O Name     Owner    Odate  Jobname  JobID   Typ ----------- Status ------------

     IDJOB1   ID       020201 M21     /24861   JOB Requested Held Ended "OK"   

     IDJOB2   ID       020201 M21     /24866   JOB Requested Held Ended "OK"   

   ========= >>>>>>>>>>>>>        Bottom of Jobs List       <<<<<<<<<<<<< ========

3. Press Enter again.

   The status of each job now changes to Held Ended "OK", and the message disappears.

   Filter: IDGS      ------- Control-M  Active  Environment ------ UP    <D> - (3)

   COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL ==> CRSR

   O Name     Owner    Odate  Jobname  JobID   Typ ----------- Status ------------

     IDJOB1   ID       020201 M21     /24861   JOB Held Ended "OK"              

     IDJOB2   ID       020201 M21     /24866   JOB Held Ended "OK"              

   ========= >>>>>>>>>>>>>        Bottom of Jobs List       <<<<<<<<<<<<< ========

4. Once again, specify the D option by each of the jobs.
5. If a Delete Confirmation window is displayed, confirm the Delete request.

   Messages at the top of the screen indicate that the jobs orders are deleted, and the last issued message for IDJOB2 remains displayed. The job orders no longer appear in the screen.

   CTM659I DELETE OF TASK IDJOB2 GROUP "IDGRP1 " ODATE 020201 PERFORMED        (3)

   COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL ==> CRSR

   O Name     Owner    Odate  Jobname  JobID   Typ ----------- Status ------------

   ========= >>>>>>>>>>>>>        Bottom of Jobs List       <<<<<<<<<<<<< ========

   Do not confuse deleting a job order from the Active Environment screen with deleting a job scheduling definition from the Job List screen. Deleting the job order impacts only that order. The job scheduling definition itself remains unaffected and can be ordered again. If you delete a job scheduling definition from the Job List screen, the job scheduling definition itself is gone, and the job can no longer be ordered from the table.