Jobs are sorted into the following types of folders:
Regular folder parameters: Enables you to define a container for jobs. Jobs in a regular folder are normally processed independently of each other - each job is handled only according to the parameters in its own job processing definition.
SMART Folder parameters: Enables you to define extended processing parameters. The jobs and sub-folders that are contained in the SMART folder inherit the scheduling definitions according to the specific AND/OR relationships that are defined in the job and in the SMART folder.
When you order a SMART Folder and runs, you can monitor the status of the SMART folder in the Monitoring domain, and perform actions which affect its jobs and sub-folders. Just as you can define post-processing tasks that Control-M/Server must perform when a job successfully finishes, you can define post-processing tasks that Control-M/Server must perform when all the jobs in a SMART folder successfully finish.
Sub Folder parameters: Enables you to apply the extended processing parameters to folders that are contained in a SMART folder. When you add a folder to a SMART folder, the Sub Folder can inherit the extended processing parameters of the SMART folder. When you order a SMART folder with Sub Folders, you can monitor the status of the SMART solder, the sub-folders, and the jobs in the Monitoring domain, and perform actions which affect the sub-folder and its jobs.
SMART folders can only contain jobs, not sub-folders, in Control-M for z/OS.