Scheduling Jobs using a confirmation calendar

This procedure describe show to schedule a Job on week days and/or month days with a confirmation calendar defined, which enables you to validate your scheduling dates based on a confirmation calendar. Jobs that are scheduled on a given day are checked against the confirmation calendar.

To schedule a Job using a confirmation calendar:

1. Select the Job/Folder you want to schedule in the Workspace.

   The Job properties pane appears on the right.

2. Click .

   The Job properties are enabled for definition.

3. Select the Scheduling tab.
4. From the Schedule drop-down list, select Advanced.
5. Click .
6. In the Confirmation Calendar area, click on the expand arrow.
7. Do one or all of the following depending on your scheduling needs:
   1. In the Calendar field, select a calendar that is used to validate your scheduling dates.
   2. From the Exception Policy drop-down, select one of the options below in the event that a Job is supposed to run on a day that is not in the confirmation calendar:
      • Do not order: Do not order the Job on a different date.
      • Order on the next confirmed day: Shift the Job schedule to the next working day in the calendar.
      • Order on the previous confirmed day: Shift the Job schedule to the last previous working day in the calendar.
      • Order anyway: Schedule the Job for the current day even if it is not a working day.
   3. In the Shift by field, specify the number of working days that a Job can be shifted, in addition to the Exception Policy option you choose.

      Depending on the shift value, the Job is scheduled on an earlier day, a later day, on the original scheduling date, or not ordered.