Basis Scheduling Parameters Section

The fields in the second section of the Job Scheduling Definition screen correspond to the Job Scheduling Definition Basic parameters.

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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 RETRO N MAXWAIT 00 D-CAT

MINIMUM PDS

DEFINITION ACTIVE FROM UNTIL

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These basic scheduling parameters determine on what day the job is scheduled, specifically, on what days the job becomes a candidate for execution. Scheduling days can be expressed in many ways, according to need. Several of the basic scheduling parameters are explained in the following table:

Table 5 Basic Job Scheduling Definition Parameters

Parameter	Explanation
DAYS	Days within the specified months on which to schedule the job. For more information, see MONTHS in this table. Values can be expressed in various formats, the simplest of which is "straight values." For example, values 01 and 15 would mean the first and fifteenth day of the month, respectively. Value ALL means all days of the month.
WDAYS	Days of the week within the specified months on which to schedule the job. For more information, see MONTHS in this table. Values can be expressed in various formats. Scheduling is relative to the day of the week that is defined as the start of the week at your site. For example, if Monday is defined as the start, or first day of the week at your site, a value of 1 means that the job is scheduled on Mondays, and 4 means that the job is scheduled on Thursdays.
AND/OR	Conjunctional parameter that determines the relationship between the DAYS and WDAYS parameters. An A (And) value requires that both sets of criteria be satisfied. An O (Or) value means that the criteria are satisfied if the DAYS criteria and/or the WDAYS criteria are satisfied.
MONTHS	Months in which to schedule the job. All twelve months are listed as 01 through 12. A Y (Yes) or N (No) value can be specified for each month. For months in which a job should be scheduled, that is, months with a Y value, the job is scheduled on those days determined by the DAYS and/or WDAYS values.
DATES	Specific dates on which to schedule the job. Format is mmdd or ddmm, depending on the site standard. For example, a DATES value of 0505 schedules the job on the 5th of May.

Several examples of how these parameters might be used are shown below.

To schedule a job on the 1st and 15th of every month

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DAYS 01,15 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 RETRO N MAXWAIT 00 D-CAT

MINIMUM PDS

DEFINITION ACTIVE FROM UNTIL

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To schedule a quarterly job on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December (assuming a date format of mmdd)

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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 0331 0630 0930 1231

CONFCAL RETRO N MAXWAIT 00 D-CAT

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DEFINITION ACTIVE FROM UNTIL

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To schedule a job on every Wednesday in June (assuming start of week is Monday)

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DAYS DCAL

AND/OR

WDAYS 3 WCAL

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

DATES

CONFCAL RETRO N MAXWAIT 00 D-CAT

MINIMUM PDS

DEFINITION ACTIVE FROM UNTIL

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In your job scheduling definition, you want to schedule the job on the last Friday of the month. For this you need to know that in the DAYS parameter, a value of L1 means the last day of the month, L2 is the second to the last day of the month, and so on.

In the DAYS field, specify the following values: L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6,L7. Be sure to separate values by a comma, and leave no embedded spaces.
In the AND/OR field, specify A (And).
In the WDAYS field, specify 5.
Note: This example assumes your site-defined start of week is Monday. If the start of week is defined as Sunday, use a WDAYS value of 6 instead of 5. If you do not know the site-defined start of week, it does not really matter which value you use in this exercise.
But to use this parameter successfully in your real job scheduling definitions, you need to know, and should find out from your INCONTROL administrator, your site-defined start of week.
Make no changes to the MONTHS values, because they are correctly set to Y (Yes) for all months.

This section of your screen appears as shown below:

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DAYS L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6,L7 DCAL

AND/OR A

WDAYS 5 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 RETRO N MAXWAIT 00 D-CAT

MINIMUM PDS

DEFINITION ACTIVE FROM UNTIL

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Note the following points:

The values of the DAYS parameter limits the scheduling to the last week of the month.
The value of the WDAYS parameter limits the scheduling to Fridays.
The A (And) value in the AND/OR field requires that both sets of criteria be satisfied. This limits the scheduling to the last Friday in the last week of the month.
The Y (Yes) value for all months ensures that the scheduling on the last Friday of the month will occur every month.

Parent Topic

Sections of the Job Scheduling Definition