WDAYS: Basic Scheduling Parameter

Days of the week on which the report decollating mission should be scheduled. See also CONFCAL and DAYS (earlier in this chapter).

Figure 336 WDAYS Parameter Format

Parameter WDAYS specifies days of the week on which report decollating missions should be scheduled, only if other basic scheduling criteria are met.

Values for WDAYS can be specified alone, or they can be specified together with a calendar specified in subparameter WCAL. WDAYS/WCAL can also be specified together with DAYS/DCAL (described under DAYS earlier in this chapter).

The WDAYS subparameters are described below:

Table 238 WDAYS Subparameters

Subparameter	Description
WDAYS	Days of each week in the month on which to schedule a mission. (The months in which to schedule missions are specified in parameter MONTHS.) Various formats (described later) can be used to specify WDAYS (for example, 2 means the second day of the week, L2 means the day before the last day of the week). Notes: At time of installation, the INCONTROL administrator selects either Sunday or Monday as the "first" day of the week. Your INCONTROL administrator can tell you whether the week begins on Sunday or Monday at your site. The first six days of the week are coded 1 through 6. The last day of the week is coded 0 (zero). All examples in this chapter assume Monday is the first day of the week. In these examples, Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, ..., Saturday = 6, and Sunday = 0.
WCAL	Name of a calendar containing a predefined set of dates (referred to as working days) on which a mission should be scheduled. The specified value must be either a valid member name of 1 through 8 characters, or an * to indicate that the calendar specified in parameter CONFCAL should be used for scheduling. For information on how to define, use and modify calendars, see IOA Calendar Facility. Note: A calendar specified in WCAL does not have to exist when defining parameter WDAYS. However, it must exist when the mission is scheduled.

Subparameter

Description

WDAYS

Days of each week in the month on which to schedule a mission. (The months in which to schedule missions are specified in parameter MONTHS.) Various formats (described later) can be used to specify WDAYS (for example, 2 means the second day of the week, L2 means the day before the last day of the week).

Notes: At time of installation, the INCONTROL administrator selects either Sunday or Monday as the "first" day of the week. Your INCONTROL administrator can tell you whether the week begins on Sunday or Monday at your site.

The first six days of the week are coded 1 through 6. The last day of the week is coded 0 (zero). All examples in this chapter assume Monday is the first day of the week. In these examples, Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, ..., Saturday = 6, and Sunday = 0.

WCAL

Name of a calendar containing a predefined set of dates (referred to as working days) on which a mission should be scheduled. The specified value must be either a valid member name of 1 through 8 characters, or an * to indicate that the calendar specified in parameter CONFCAL should be used for scheduling. For information on how to define, use and modify calendars, see IOA Calendar Facility.

Note: A calendar specified in WCAL does not have to exist when defining parameter WDAYS. However, it must exist when the mission is scheduled.

Assuming all other basic scheduling criteria are met:

When WDAYS are specified without WCAL, the mission is scheduled on the specified days of the week.
When WCAL is specified without WDAYS, the mission is scheduled on the working days marked in the WCAL calendar.
When WDAYS and WCAL are both specified, scheduling depends on the combination of working days defined in the calendar and the values or format of parameter WDAYS (described below).
When both DAYS and WDAYS criteria are specified, scheduling depends on the connecting AND/OR value specified. (For more information, see subparameter AND/OR in parameter DAYS.)

Parent Topic

Decollating Mission Parameters