The first two lines of the arguments file specify the XML version, the text encoding format being used, and the location of the .dtd file.

TERMS

These tags indicate the start and end of the TERMS file. Only criteria that are located between the tags are considered to be part of the argument.

TERM

The TERM tags indicate the start and the end of a group of selection criteria used to specify a job or jobs that are to be exported. Only PARAM tags that are located between the TERM tags are considered to be part of the TERM argument.

REL

Relationship between terms. Optional. Valid values:

• AND
• OR

PARAM

Selection criteria parameter used to determine the job definitions that are to be exported. More than one PARAM can be specified. Mandatory.

PARAM NAME="DATACENTER" OP="E" VALUE="Center1"

NAME

String. Mandatory. The parameter name of any job processing definition parameter.

NOTE: At least one of the following SMART Folder parameters must be included in the arguments file: DATACENTER, OLDER_NAME, FOLDER_DSN

OP

Relationship between the NAME and VALUE parameters of the TERM. Mandatory. Valid values:

• EQ – equal
• NEQ – not equal
• LIKE – mask or pattern

VALUE

String. Mandatory. Value of the parameter specified in the NAME field.

CYCLIC_TYPE

Determines the type of cyclic job:

• C: CYCLIC_TOLERANCE
• V: CYCLIC_INTERVAL_SEQUENCE
• S: CYCLIC_TIMES_SEQUENCE

CYCLIC_TOLERANCE

Maximum delay in minutes permitted for a late submission when selecting a specific time (for example 5 minutes).

CYCLIC_INTERVAL_SEQUENCE

A list of time intervals, separated by commas, (for example +30M,+2H,+1D) up to 4000 characters including commas.

CYCLIC_TIMES_SEQUENCE

A list of times, separated by commas (for example 0800,1330,2300), which supports time synonym (for example 2730).