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LIMIT Keyword

The LIMIT keyword specifies the number of times a rule can execute within a given minute. If one of your rules contains an error causing CA Automation Point to get caught in an endless loop, the limit prevents CA Automation Point from executing the same rule repeatedly.

This keyword has the following format:

LIMIT(integer)

integer

Specifies the number of times a rule is to execute in a given minute. You can specify any value between 1 and 32767. You cannot specify a status variable as the operand.

Usage Notes:

• If you do not specify the LIMIT keyword, CA Automation Point uses a default limit of 25 for rules that contain any of the following keywords:

  DOSCMD

  Issues an operating system command or executes a command file.

  OSCMD

  Issues native operating system commands to a session. Operating system commands include z/OS, JES3, VSE, z/VM, and i5/OS (iSeries).

  REPLY

  Replies to a WTOR message.

  REXX

  Invokes a REXX procedure.

  SCRIPT

  Invokes CA Automation Point script files.

  SESSCMD

  Sends a keystroke string to a session.

  WTXC

  Issues write-to-operator messages to the AP Messages window.

  XCCMD

  Invokes CA Automation Point command processors.

Example:

Suppose that you want a script called LOGONRCS to execute no more than twice within one minute when the IEF244I message is issued. You could write a rule like this one:

MSGID(IEF244I), SCRIPT(LOGONRCS.SCR), LIMIT(2)