Schedule RBCs and Other Basic Scheduling Parameters

You can now look at the Basic Scheduling parameters section. The first field to note is the SCHEDULE RBC field. This field only appears in definitions in SMART Tables.

1. In the SCHEDULE RBC field, specify the name EOW, which stands for END-OF-WEEK. In the LEVEL field, specify either TBL or CTM. (If the Schedule RBC’s level is set to TBL, the rule-based calendar is defined in the SMART Table Entity. If the Schedule RBC’s level is set to CTM, the rule-based calendar is defined in the IOA Calendar Facility.) In the WDAYS field, specify the value 0, which means the last day of the week.

     ===========================================================================

     SCHEDULE RBC EOW                                       LEVEL TBL            

     DAYS                                                          DCAL          

                                                                        AND/OR   

     WDAYS   0                                                     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 05                                   

     SCHEDULE RBC ACTIVE FROM          UNTIL                                     

     ===========================================================================

     SCHEDULE RBC                                           LEVEL                

     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 05                                   

     SCHEDULE RBC ACTIVE FROM          UNTIL                                     

     ===========================================================================

   Notice that a new, blank set of Basic Scheduling criteria opens up.

   Thus far, in each of your job scheduling definitions, you have been limited to defining only one set of Basic scheduling parameters. This is because a job scheduling definition can have only one occurrence of the Basic Scheduling parameter section.

   SMART TABLE Entities, on the other hand, can have multiple occurrences of the Basic scheduling parameters section. Once you have defined a set of Basic Scheduling parameters, a new, blank section of Basic Scheduling parameters opens to enable you to define another set.

   You distinguish between the sets of Basic Scheduling parameters in the SMART TABLE Entity by assigning a name to each set in the SCHEDULE RBC field.

   In In the exercises in the previous chapters of this guide, you created the JCL for five jobs, IDJOB1 through IDJOB5. To simplify preparation for this chapter, you will utilize all five of these JCLs.

   In addition, you will utilize one of the job scheduling definitions that you created in Chapter 1, "Introduction to Control-M," the job scheduling definition for IDJOB1, in table IDGS1. For the remaining jobs, you will creates new job scheduling definitions in a new table (IDGS2), as part of the exercises.

   Before continuing with the exercises, you should perform the following preparatory steps:

   • In the JCL of IDJOB5, change the JCL of step S5 so that it sets a return code of C0008 instead of C0000.
   • Ensure the following, which should be the case if you completed all of the steps in the previous chapters of this guide:
     • The JCL for step S1 in IDJOB3 sets a return code of C0000, and not C0008.
     • All conditions from previous exercises in this guide do not appear in, or are deleted from, the IOA Conditions/Resources screen.
     • All job orders from previous exercises in this guide do not appear in, or are deleted from, the Active Environment screen.

   You are now ready to look at SMART Table scheduling. For purposes of these exercises, you should assume that the new table contains jobs that must run at end of week and at end of month.the "Preparations" section above, you determined that the jobs in this table will run at the end of the week and at the end of the month. You have just defined the basic scheduling criteria for the end of the week run. You can now define the basic scheduling criteria for the end of the month run.

2. In the empty SCHEDULE RBC field, specify the name EOM, which stands for END-OF-MONTH. In the LEVEL field, specify either TBL or CTM. In the DAYS field, specify the value L1, which means the last day of the month.

   In an actual operational environment, these sets of Basic Scheduling criteria would be enough to achieve your goals. However, because you want to be able to perform these exercises on any day of the month, you will define one more set of Basic scheduling criteria for purposes of this guide only.

3. In the blank SCHEDULE RBC field, specify the name EXERCISES. In the LEVEL field, specify either TBL or CTM. In the DAYS field, specify the value ALL.

   Your entries in the Basic Scheduling parameter section are displayed as shown in Figure 38.

   Figure 38 Basic Scheduling Parameter Section

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     SCHEDULE RBC EOW                                       LEVEL TBL          

     DAYS                                                          DCAL         

                                                                        AND/OR  

     WDAYS   0                                                     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 05                                   

     SCHEDULE RBC ACTIVE FROM          UNTIL                                   

     ===========================================================================

     SCHEDULE RBC EOM                                       LEVEL TBL          

     DAYS    L1                                                    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 05                                   

     SCHEDULE RBC ACTIVE FROM          UNTIL                                   

     ===========================================================================

     SCHEDULE RBC EXERCISES                                 LEVEL TBL          

     DAYS    ALL                                                   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 05                                   

     SCHEDULE RBC ACTIVE FROM          UNTIL                                   

     ===========================================================================

     SCHEDULE RBC                                           LEVEL              

     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 05                                   

     SCHEDULE RBC ACTIVE FROM          UNTIL                                   

     ===========================================================================