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.

The Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed parameter is used to control situations where the computer has not been working for a day or more (for example, due to a weekend, a holiday or a hardware failure). The Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed parameter indicates to the New Day procedure or User Daily if the job should be retroactively scheduled for days the computer (or Control‑M) was inactive.

• If Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed is specified, Control‑M/Server places job orders in the Active Jobs database for all days that the job should have been scheduled. The scheduling dates for which job orders are issued range from the day following the last running date of the New Day procedure or User Daily to the current working date, provided that those dates satisfy criteria specified in one of the scheduling parameters (Days, Days Calendar, and so on). Each job order placed in the Active Jobs database uses a date in the range as its original scheduling date.
• If Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed is not specified, the job is scheduled only for the current working date (provided that this date satisfies the job’s scheduling criteria).
• If Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed is specified for a User Daily Job, only the last (most recent) order of the User Daily Job actually orders jobs. It also performs Retro ordering for all included jobs. As a general rule, there is no need to specify Retro in the job processing definition of a User Daily job.

  You can use the ctmrpln Control‑M/Server utility to determine when selected jobs in a folder are scheduled to run.

  Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed cannot be used with the Minimum number of tracks and Partition data Set parameters.

No SMART folder support

The Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed parameter is not supported for SMART folders. If this parameter is selected for a SMART folder, it is ignored.

The Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed parameter can be selected for individual jobs in a SMART folder.

EXAMPLE: Schedule a job on a specific day of the month

Schedule the job on specific days in the month. If the day has passed, do not schedule the job.

Days 15, 16, 18, 19, 20

Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed No

Assume the computer was down from the 16th to (and including) the 18th. The 15th is the last date on which the job was scheduled for execution. Today is the 19th. Therefore, the job is only scheduled for execution on the 19th.

EXAMPLE: Schedule a job for every workday

Schedule the job for every workday, whether the computer is active:

Days Calendar WORKDAYS

Retroactively order job that its scheduled date has passed Yes

Given the following circumstances

the Work Days calendar contains the dates 15, 16, 18, and 19

the computer was down from the 16th up to (and including) the 18th

the 15th was the last date that the job was scheduled for execution

today is the 19th

The job is scheduled three times with the original scheduling dates: 16, 18, and 19 (that is, three job orders are added to the Active Jobs database).