The following table describes the scheduling parameters for each of the types of time periods that you can define in a Workload Policy rule.

Note:

• All dates or days defined by these parameters are Control-M working days, not calendar days. The start time of a Control-M working day is defined during installation by the DAYTIMEM parameter, as described in Step 2.1 – Control-M operational parameters in the INCONTROL for z/OS Installation Guide: Installing.
• Any changes to a calendar that you specify through the Advanced Scheduling period type (option 6) will take effect in the Workload Policy rule only after one of the following occurs:
  – An interval has passed (up to 15 minutes).
  – The WLREFRESH command is entered, refreshing the Workload Policies.
  – SAVE & APPLY is manually performed when exiting the Workload Policies List screen.
  – The level of an associated Load-Index changes.

  Table 155h Scheduling parameters for the different types of Workload Policy periods

  PERIOD TYPE	Scheduling parameter	Parameter description
  1 (DAYS)	ON WEEKDAYS	The days of the week to apply the rule. Specify individual days (with commas in between days) or ALL. For example: MON,TUE,THU
  	FROM TIME	The range of hours each day when the rule is applied or not applied. Specify times using the HHMM format, where HH ranges from 00 to 23, and MM is one of the four quarters of the hour (00, 15, 30, or 45). For example: If FROM TIME is 1000 and UNTIL TIME is 1300, the rule is applied between 10 AM and 1 PM each day. If FROM TIME is 1300 and UNTIL TIME is 1000, the rule is applied during all hours of the day except for between 10 AM and 1 PM each day. If no range of hours is specified, the rule is applied for the full 24 hours of the each day.
  	UNTIL TIME
  2 (BETWEEN DATES)	FROM DATE	The range of days in the time period. Specify dates using the yyyymmdd format.
  	UNTIL DATE
  	FROM TIME	The range of hours each day when the rule is applied or not applied. For more details, see option 1 above.
  	UNTIL TIME
  3 (BETWEEN DATES AND TIME)	FROM DATE and TIME	The date (yyyymmdd format) and (optional) time (HHMM format) of the beginning of the time period.
  	UNTIL DATE and TIME	The date (yyyymmdd format) and (optional) time (HHMM format) of the end of the time period.
  4 (WEEK DAYS RANGE)	FROM WEEKDAY and TIME	The day of the week (three-letter format) and (optional) time (HHMM format) of the beginning of the time period.
  	UNTIL WEEKDAY and TIME	The day of the week (three-letter format) and (optional) time (HHMM format) of the end of the time period.
  5 (SPECIFIC DATES)	ON DATES	Any number of individual dates (in yyyymmdd format) on which to apply the rule.
  	FROM TIME	The range of hours each day when the rule is applied or not applied. For more details, see option 1 above.
  	UNTIL TIME
  6 (ADVANCED SCHEDULING)	Advanced parameters for more flexible scheduling, similar to the basic scheduling parameters on the Job Scheduling Definition Screen.
  	SCHEDULE RBC	The name of a rule-based calendar (RBC) defined in the IOA Calendar Facility (Screen 8). For an Exclude RBC, add the "!" character as a prefix to the name of the RBC.
  	RELATIONSHIP	Logical operator (And/Or) between the scheduling criteria of the specified RBC and the remaining scheduling parameters (the next few parameters, from the DAYS parameter to the DEFINITION ACTIVE parameters).
  	DAYS	Days of the month to apply the rule. Subparameters are: DCAL – identifies a DAYS calendar that contains predefined scheduling dates. A specified value must be either a valid member name, or an * to indicate that the calendar specified in the CONFCAL parameter should be used. AND/OR – conjunctional subparameter used to link the DAYS and WDAYS parameters when both are scheduled, either A (AND) or O (OR, the default) If you specify a value for the DAYS parameter, do not use the DATES parameter.
  	WDAYS	Days of the week to apply the rule. The WCAL subparameter identifies a calendar that contains scheduled working days. A specified value must be either a valid member name, or an * to indicate that the calendar specified in the CONFCAL parameter should be used.
  	MONTHS	Months to apply the rule. If you specify a value for this parameter, do not use the DATES parameter.
  	DATES	Specific dates in the year to apply the rule. If you specify a value for this parameter, do not use the MONTHS parameter or the DAYS parameter.
  	CONFCAL	Name of a calendar used to confirm scheduling dates. The optional subparameter SHIFT adjusts the scheduling of the rule if the original scheduling day is not a working day. For more information, see CONFCAL: Basic Scheduling Parameter.
  	DEFINITION ACTIVE	Apply the rule only between the specified dates — only after the FROM date and only before the UNTIL date. Valid values for these two parameters are: Date in the format ddmmyy, or mmddyy, or yymmdd, depending on your site format, as set by the DATETYP parameter in the IOAPARM member in the IOA PARM library. ‘ ‘ (Blank), the default
  	FROM
  	UNTIL
  	FROM TIME	The range of hours each day when the rule is applied or not applied. For more details, see option 1 above.
  	UNTIL TIME