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In the Control‑M job scheduling environment, jobs are tasks that can be performed by a computer. These tasks are handled according to parameters. The parameters specified for a particular job are collectively referred to as a job processing definition.
NOTE: The term job refers to any task that can be performed by a script or command that is handled by Control‑M/Server.
Job processing parameters only need to be defined once for each job. Control‑M uses the job processing definition each time a job is ordered. Definitions can be modified at any time using various Control‑M/EM facilities.
These definitions are created using Control‑M and are stored in folders (job directories) according to various criteria that you determine. The folders are saved to the Job Definitions database. When the scheduling criteria of the folder are met, the jobs are passed to the Active Jobs database.
Job parameters are composed primarily of static information. However, a job processing definition may need to include information that is subject to change or was not available when the definition was created (such as the time at which a job was submitted, or the name of the batch queue to which the job was submitted). Control‑M enables you to replace that data with variables. You can use both predefined variables and those that you create.