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Restricting a Job to Run Only on Special Days

You can restrict a job to run only on Special Days by using the /ONLY_ON qualifier. For example:

SCHEDULE> MODIFY JOBX/SD_RESTRICTION=(LAST_DAY_OF_FISCAL_QUARTER)/ONLY_ON

This example tells the manager to run JOBX only on the days in the class LAST_DAY_OF_FISCAL_QUARTER.

When the manager calculates the job’s next scheduled run time, the job’s schedule interval is applied. The manager then checks to see if the resulting day is a day the job is permitted to run. If not, the manager applies the schedule interval again until it finds a day the job is permitted to run.

If the manager does not find a day on which the job is permitted to run, it puts the job on hold. In either case, if the job has OPCOM or NOTIFY set, the owner and operator are notified of the conflict, and what Special Day Action was applied.