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Scheduling Parameters

Scheduling parameters determine when and/or how often a job is scheduled for submission

Parameter

Description

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.

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.

 

Days And/Or

Indicates the relationship between specified Days values and Weekdays values.

Confirmation 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.

Cyclic

Indicates that the job must run at a designated time, interval of time.

Next expected run

Specifies the next expected submission date and time for the job, for rerun or cyclic jobs that use the Interval option.

All intervals are from job's

Indicates whether the interval between runs of a cyclic job or until the start of a rerun job is measured from the start or the end of the previous job run.

Rerun using the following interval sequence

Specifies a unit of time and a numerical value that defines the interval sequence for a job to rerun.

Using Calendar/Calendar

Specifies the name of the calendar that was defined in the Calendar Manager

Start Date

Sets the date when the job must be ordered.

End Date

Sets the date when the job must be ordered.

From Time/To Time

Sets time limits for submitting the job.

Ignore from time on next day

Enables the job to run the next day without time limitations.

Rerun Every

Specifies the length of time to wait between reruns of a job/SMART folder or between cyclic runs of a job/SMART folder.

Run at

Defines the specific times for the job to run.

Tolerance

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

Maximum reruns

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

Minimum number of tracks

Minimum number of free partitioned data set tracks required by the library specified for the Partition Data Set parameter.

Order on months

Determines which months the job can be scheduled for processing.

Partition Data set

Defines the name of a partitioned data set to check for free space. If the Partition Data Set has fewer than the minimum number of required free tracks (as specified for the Minimum number of tracks parameter), the job is executed.

Relationship

Indicates the relationship (AND/OR) between RBCs criteria and basic scheduling criteria in the job processing definition (that is, whether either set of criteria, or both sets of criteria, must be satisfied).

Rerun Member

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

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.

SAC

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

Rule-Based Calendar

Identifies a set of scheduling criteria defined for a folder. The scheduling criteria referenced by each Rule-based Calendar are defined in the outermost folder.

Schedule

Specifies the type of scheduling to use.

Statistics Calendar

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

Statistics Period

Identifier of the actual days within the Control-M periodic calendar in relation to which statistics relating to the job are calculated.

Time Zone

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

Must End

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