Scheduling parameters

The following table describes the fields used to create scheduling for a job

Field

Description

Schedule

Defines the Scheduling options for the Schedule field in the Scheduling tab of the Properties pane.

View Schedule

Defines the button to click to view the schedule graphically.

Time Settings

Defines an area in the Scheduling tab of the Properties pane where the time frame of the job's start running time is defined. This includes From Time/To Time and Must End.

From Time

Sets time limits for submitting the job. For z/OS jobs, includes the days

To Time

Sets time limits for submitting the job. You can select one of the following options:

  • Time: Enables you to set the time limits for submitting the jobs. For z/OS jobs, includes the days.
  • End of day: Enables you to set the job to be submitted by the end of the day.
  • Allow submission past next New Day: Enables you to set the job to be submitted after its original scheduled date.

Must End

Sets the time and day when the job must finish executing. (z/OS only)

Rerun Settings

Defines an area in the Scheduling tab of the Properties pane to set rerun settings including Cyclic, Maximum reruns, and Rerun Member.

Cyclic

Indicates that the job must run at a designated time, interval of time. For an example of how to automatically rerun a job that ends Not OK, see Defining automatic rerun for a job that ends Not OK example.

Maximum reruns

Determines the maximum number of reruns that can be performed for the job.

Rerun Member

Defines the name of the JCL member to use when the job automatically reruns.

For z/OS jobs.

Time Zone

Indicates the time zone according to which the job should be scheduled.

Confirmation Calendar

Area of the Scheduling tab of the Properties pane that describes the calendar and Exception policy parameters.

Calendar

Indicates the name of a Control-M calendar that is used to validate scheduling dates. A shift value can be used to indicate how to handle jobs that are scheduled for a non-working day in the calendar.

Exception policy

Specifies what to do if a job is supposed to run on a day that is not in the confirmation calendar.

Activity Period

Defines the area in the Scheduling tab of the Properties pane that describes Active/Not Active between dates, Start Date, End Date, and Statistics Calendar.

Active/Not Active between dates

Determines a date range (Start Date - End Date) when the job or folder can be ordered or the Rule-based Calendar (RBC) can be used. During the period that the job or folder is outside the active range (non active), it is not eligible to be ordered, if the relationship between Job Scheduling definitions and Rule Based Calendars is set to AND (Default: OR).

If the relationship is set to OR, the job is eligible to be ordered depending on the RBC criteria.

EXAMPLE: Limit the dates that the job can be schedules to: August 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th.

1. Start date: August 6th

2. End date: August 11th

Start Date

Sets the date when the job must be ordered.

End Date

Sets the date when the job must be ordered.

Statistics Calendar

Name of the Control-M periodic calendar within which statistics relating to the job are collected.

z/OS parameter.

View

Defines a View button that enables you to view the Statistics related to the Statistics Calendar.

Active Environment Retention

Defines an area in the Scheduling tab in the Properties pane that describes the Keep Active for parameter.

Keep Active for

Determines the number of extra days (beyond the original scheduling date) that the job is allowed to remain in the Active Jobs database while awaiting execution. If the job still has not run after the specified number of days, the job is removed from the Active Jobs database.

Keep all jobs in folder until folder is removed

Indicates that all jobs in the folder are not removed automatically from the Active Jobs database. Instead jobs wait for the folder to complete and are removed at the same time as the folder.

Keep the folder for a minimum number of days after ended not ok

Enables you to specify a minimum period to keep the SMART folder (and jobs) in the Active Jobs database after the folder is set to NOT OK.

NOTE: You can only use this option if you select Keep all jobs in folder until folder is removed.

SAC

Determines whether to adjust the logical date for a job converted from a scheduling product other than Control‑M.

z/OS parameter

Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed

Indicates if the job did not get ordered on its original scheduling date, it is ordered after its original scheduling date has passed.

EXAMPLE: The WorkDays calendar contains the dates 15,16,18, and 19. The computer was down from the 16th to the 18th. the 15th was the last date that the job was scheduled for execution, and today is the 19th. the job is scheduled three times with the original scheduling dates 16, 18. and 19.

 

Parent Topic

Job scheduling