Running a Workspace, Folders, or Jobs

This procedure describes how to check in and run a workspace A working area in the Planning domain where you define and edit new jobs and SMART folders., folders, sub-folders, or jobs in a workspace.

Before You Begin

• (Optional) Click Check In to check in the workspace.

Begin

1. Do one of the following:

   • Run Workspace: To run a workspace, from the workspace toolbar click Run, and then click Run Workspace.

     The Run Workspace dialog box appears.

   • Run Selected: To run one or more folders or jobs in the workspace, do the following:

     1. Click the required job or folder.

     2. (Optional) To select multiple jobs or folders, press and hold CTRL, and then select the additional required folders or jobs.

     3. From the workspace toolbar click Run, and then click Run Selected.

        The Run Selected Jobs/Folders dialog box appears.

        All sub-folders and jobs in a selected folder run.

2. In the Run Workspace or Run Selected Jobs/Folders or dialog box, determine how the job runs, as described in Run Attributes.

3. Do one of the following: 

   • Click Run.

     The workspace runs and the View Run Reports summary appears in the bottom pane.

     

   • Click Check in and Run.

     The Check-In Details dialog box appears, and the View Run Reports summary appears in the bottom pane.

     

     

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The following table describes the Run Workspace and Run Selected Jobs/Folders dialog box parameters.

Attribute	Description
Ignore Scheduling Criteria	Determines whether the workspace, selected folders, or selected jobs run now, and not according to the scheduling criteria.
Run as Independent Flow	Determines whether the workspace, selected folders, or selected jobs run independent of other instances of the same workflow and events. A unique suffix is added to every job event An conditional entity that creates a sequential relationship between jobs by enabling the successor job to execute after the predecessor job has executed. that is confined to a folder. Events that are between folders remain unchanged.
Hold - Put the Folder/Job on Hold	Determines whether the workspace, folder, or job enters a Hold A job action that stops the job from executing or pauses a job that is currently executing. state when it runs. This enables you to edit the job definitions before execution.
Date Selection	Determines one of the following run dates: Current Working Date: Runs on the currently scheduled working date. Run Using a Different Run Date: Runs on the date that you define in the Date field. Wait for a Selected Run Date: Waits for the run date that you define in the Date field.
Variables	(Optional) Defines one or more job or sub-folder user-defined variables A type of variable whose name and value you manually define in a job and can reference in the same job and subsequent jobs., in addition to any variables that currently exist in the job definition The set of parameters that defines what the job does, when it runs, its prerequisites, and the post-processing actions that Control-M performs after the job completes execution.. For more information, see Variables.
Place in Folder	Determines how a selected job runs and appears in a viewpoint, as follows: New: The selected job runs and appears in a new instance of its parent SMART folder. Standalone: The selected job runs and appears without a SMART folder. Recent: The selected job runs and appears in its parent SMART folder with the most recent run ID. Selected: The selected job runs and appears in its parent SMART folder with the run ID that you determine. This option does not appear when two or more selected jobs are located in different SMART folders.
Create Duplicate	Determines whether the selected job appears in a SMART folder that has already run. You cannot place a job in a recent or selected SMART folder when this checkbox is cleared.