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Run a Job on Demand

Many installations’ jobs are not performed on a predictable schedule or in response to any particular event but are run “on demand.”

You can use the Jobset Demand option on the Jobset list container window to tell the CA NSM JM Option to demand a jobset that is defined in the Job Management Database into the current workload. Demanding a jobset lets you bring jobsets and jobs into the current day’s workload (into the tracking file) that would not be automatically selected for processing.

When you demand a jobset into the tracking file, the individual jobs in the jobset are also brought into the tracking file if both of the following conditions are true:

• The job profile specifies Autoselect=YES.
• The calendar profile for the job indicates that today is a valid execution day.

Both of these conditions must be satisfied to bring jobs into the tracking file when you demand the jobset of which they are members. Otherwise, you must specifically demand the job into the tracking file using the Job Demand option on the Jobs list container window.