Activating external programs

This procedure describes how to activate external programs, which enables you to you to insert job processing parameters from a Control-M job or folder into a command line used to activate a third-party program.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have defined an external program, as described in External Programs settings.

To activate external programs:

1. Select the job you want to activate an external program.
2. From the Viewpoint tab, in the Job group, select an external program from the External Program drop-down list.