WDAYS: Basic Scheduling Parameter

Days of the week on which the mission should be scheduled. See also CONFCAL and DAYS.

Figure 444 WDAYS Parameter Format

Optional. Parameter WDAYS specifies days of the week on which 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).

WDAYS subparameters are described below:

Table 274 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, 3 means the 3rd day of the week, L2 means the day before the last day of the week).
	Note: At the 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. A 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 more information about how to define, use and modify calendars, see "IOA Calendar Facility" in Chapter 2. A calendar specified in WCAL does not have to exist when defining parameter WDAYS. However, it must exist when the mission is being 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, 3 means the 3rd day of the week, L2 means the day before the last day of the week).

Note: At the 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. A 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 more information about how to define, use and modify calendars, see "IOA Calendar Facility" in Chapter 2.

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

Assuming all other basic scheduling criteria are met:

When WDAYS is 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 and 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

Migration, Printing, Backup and Restore Mission Parameters