TheProperties-Job panelopens automaticallywhenyouaddanewjobtoa job stream. Ifthepanelisnotdisplayed,right-clicka jobintheGraph viewofthejob streameditorandselectPropertiesfromthepop-upmenu.
Generaltab: Table37onpage108definestheinformationnecessarytospecifythe general propertiesofthejob.
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Table37.Properties-JobGeneralinformation Inthisarea... Specify...
Information
Name Thenameofthejob.
WorkstationName Theworkstationthisjobisdefinedtorunon.Ifthis workstationisdeleted,thetasktypeforthejobisunknown andmustbespecifiedbeforeyoucansavethejobagain.
Priority Thepriorityofthejob.Typeapriorityvalueorclick:
Hold Setstheprioritytozero.
High Setsthepriorityto100.
Go Setsthepriorityto101.
Possiblepriorityvaluesare0through101,where101isthe highestpriority.Apriorityvalueofzeropreventsthejobfrom launching.
RequiresConfirmation Thatjobcompletionmustbeconfirmedbytheoperator.When ajobthatrequiresconfirmationcompletes,itremainsinPEND untilconfirmationisreceived.Ifconfirmationisreceivedbefore thejobcompletes,itsinternalstatusiseitherSUCCPor ABENDPandotherjobandjobstreamsuccessorsarenot released.
Description Adescriptionofthejob.
MonitoredJob ThattherunningofthisjobmustbemonitoredbyTivoli BusinessSystemsManager.
TimeRestrictions tab: Table38definestheinformationnecessarytocreatethe timerestrictionsfor thejob.
Table38.Properties-JobTimeRestrictionsinformation Inthisarea... Specify...
Start
Specifytime Thatentryofastarttimeisenabled.Thejobisnotbelaunched beforethistime.
At Astarttimeintheformatofyourlocale,forexample:
11:30a.m.or4:25p.m..
Delayfordays Thenumberofdaystooffsetthestarttimefromthedaythe jobisselectedforinclusionintheproductionplan.
LatestStartTime
Specifytime Thelatesttimeatwhichthejobshouldbeallowedtostart.
At Thelatestpossiblestarttimeinaformatspecifictoyourlocale, forexample:
11:30a.m.or4:25p.m..
Delayfordays Thenumberofdaystooffsetthelateststarttimefromtheday thejobisselectedforinclusionintheproductionplan.
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Action Theactiontobeperformedincasethejobdoesnotstartand theLatestStartTimeexpires.
Suppress
Tospecifythatthejobdoesnotstart,eveniftheerror conditionthatpreventeditfromstartingiscorrected,and dependenciesarenotreleased.Suppressisthedefault.
Continue
Tospecifythatthejobstartswhentheerrorconditionthat preventeditfromstartingiscorrected.
Cancel
Tospecifythatthejobiscanceledanddependenciesare released.
TerminationDeadline
SpecifyTime Toenabletheentryofadeadlinetime.Thejobwillnotbe launchedafterthistime.
At Adeadlinetimeintheformatofyourlocale,forexample:
11:30a.m.or4:25p.m..
Delayfordays Thenumberofdaystooffsetthedeadlinetimefromtheday thejobisselectedforinclusionintheproductionplan.
TimeZone
TimeZone Thetimezoneinwhichthejobstreamruns.Alltimevalues specifiedareinthistimezone.Selectatimezonefromthe drop-downlist.Ifatimezoneisnotspecifiedforthejob stream,alltimevaluesspecifiedintheTimeRestrictions propertieswindowareinthetimezoneoftheworkstationon whichthejobstreamislaunched.Thislistisavailableonlyif timezonesupportisenabled.Forinformationaboutenabling thetimezonefeature,refertoIBMTivoliWorkloadScheduler PlanningandInstallationGuide.
RepeatRange
Hours,Minutes Theintervaloftimeforeachexecutionofthejobtobe repeated.UsingtheRepeatRangeinformationwiththeStart andTerminationDeadlinetimesallowsyoutorunajob instance,forexample,every15minutesfrom1:00p.m.to5:00 p.m..
Est.Duration
NormalElapsedTime Displaystheaveragetimethisjobrequirestorun,basedon previousruns.
Note: Timerestrictionscanalso besetinthejobstreameditorTimelineview.For moreinformation,see“Specifying timerestrictions intheTimelineView” on page120.
Resourcestab: Toaddaresourcedependencyforthejob,performthefollowing steps:
1. ClickAddRow.Thiscreates anewrow inthelistofresourcedependencies.
2. Double-clickintheResourcescolumnandclick ...(find)tolocateandinserta resourcename.
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3. Double-clickintheQuantitycolumnand enterthenumber ofresourceunits requiredbythejob.Thenumberofjobsand schedulesusinga resourceatany onetimecannotexceed32.
Toremovea resourcedependencyforthejob,selecttheresourcerow inthelist and clickDeletefromTable.
Files tab: Toadda filedependencyforthejob,perform thefollowingsteps:
1. ClickAddRow.Thiscreates anewrow inthelistof filedependencies.
2. Click... (find)tolocateandinsertthenameofaworkstationorworkstation class.
3. Double-clickintheFilenamecolumnandentera filename.Youcanusethe...
onlyiftheworkstationyouchooseistheonewheretheJobSchedulingConsole resides.
4. Double-clickintheQualifierscolumnandenterthetestconditionsforthefile dependency.On UNIX,thevalidqualifiers arethesameasUNIXtest
commandconditions.Formore information,refertoyour UNIXsystem documentation.
For alistoftheWindowsqualifiers,see4onpage105.
On bothUNIXandWindows,theexpression%p insertsthefilename.
Enteringnotemptyisthesame asentering -s%p.Ifnoqualifierisspecified, thedefaultis-f%p.
Toremovea filedependencyforthejob,selectthefilerow inthelistand click Deletefrom Table.
Prompts tab: Foranadhocpromptdependency,selectAdHocPromptfromthe drop-down list.Forapredefined promptdependency,selectPredefinedPrompt fromthedrop-down list.
Toadda promptdependencyforthejob,dothefollowing:
1. ClickAddRow.Thiscreates anewrow inthelistof promptdependencies.
2. For apredefined prompt,double-click intheNamecolumnand click...(find) tolocateandinsert thenameofaprompt.
3. For anadhocprompt,double-click theTextcolumnandenterthetextofthe prompt.
Thedefaultbehaviorofapromptistodisplayamessageand waitforareply.
Ifthestringbegins withacolon (:),themessageisdisplayed butnoreplyis necessary.Ifthestringbeginswithanexclamation mark(!),themessageisnot displayedbut itrequiresareply.Youcanincludebackslashn(\n)withinthe textfornewlines.
Youcanincludeoneormorescheduler parametersaspart orallofthetext string.Touseaparameter,placeitsnamebetweencarets(^).
Toremovea promptdependencyforthejob,selectthepromptrow inthelistand click DeletefromTable.