Every Day

Defines the scheduling to be every day, and only runs if all the prerequisite running criteria are met.

None (Manual Order)

Defines no scheduling. For the job to run, it is ordered manually, as described in Ordering jobs.

Month Days

Defines scheduling according to selected Month Days, such as 1- 31, as described in Month Days options.

Week Days

Defines scheduling according to selected Week Days, as described in Week Days options

Use Parent Scheduling

Defines scheduling for a job or sub-folder in a SMART folder according to the scheduling criteria of the parent SMART folder. For more information about defining a Rule-based Calendar, see Defining a Folder Rule-based Calendar.

Using Specific Rule-Based Calendar

Defines scheduling according to the scheduling criteria of the selected RBCs in the RBCs list and in the Excluded RBCs list. This option is available for the following entities, as described Rule-based Calendar and Excluded Rule-based Calendar lists:

• SMART Folder: You can define RBCs to be included in the RBCs list or Excluded RBCs list. This can include selecting from a pre-defined Control-M Rule-based Calendar, or creating a Folder RBC.
• Sub Folder: You can select from a list of Folder RBCs or Control-M RBCs that are defined in the parent SMART folder to add to the RBC list and select Control-M RBCs to be added to Excluded RBC list.
• Job in a SMART Folder: You can select from a list of Folder RBCs or Control-M RBCs that are defined in the parent SMART folder to add to the RBC list and select Control-M RBCs to be added to Excluded RBC list.
• Job in a regular folder: You can select Control-M RBCs to be added to the RBC list and the Excluded RBC list.

For more information on Control-M Rule-Based Calendars, see Calendar management.

For more information on defining a Folder Rule-based Calendar, see Defining a Folder Rule-based Calendar.

For more information on defining a Control-M Rule-based Calendar, see Creating a Control-M Rule-based Calendar.

Based on Calendar

Defines scheduling options that are based on specific calendars. For more information, see Based on Calendar.

Specific Dates

Defines specific dates for the schedule up to 12 dates.

Based on Free Space on PDS

(Control-M for z/OS only) The following fields are defined:

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

Advanced Scheduling

Defines a combination of scheduling options, as described in Advanced Scheduling options.

If the selected scheduling is equivalent to one of the above scheduling, the scheduling is displayed as the simple scheduling.

More scheduling options

For the full scheduling options, see Scheduling parameters.