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Schedule Forecasting

Schedule forecasting enables you to determine when to expect file transfers matching the criteria of an existing file transfer schedule. You can select any combination of systems and date/time ranges to define a criteria. Impacted schedules are listed for analysis.

The following diagram illustrates how file transfer processes are matched to a schedule.

In this example:

• File transfer processes 1 and 5 are not impacted because they are not active during the specified criteria.
• File transfer processes 2, 3, 4, and 6 are impacted because they are active during the specified criteria.

Forecast Types

There are two sets of forecast:

• Forecast by time
• Forecast by system

Forecast File Transfer Schedules

When you schedule system maintenance, you may want to know how it affects file transfers. Forecasting lets you find out whether any file transfers are affected during that time on those systems you plan to maintain.

To forecast file transfer schedules

1. Enter /FTHIST.SF.

   The Schedule Forecast Facility appears.

2. Specify the range of date and time over which you want to make the forecast, and then press F5 (SysImage).

   A list of system images appears.

3. Enter S beside the images where you want to make the forecast, and then press F3 (Exit).

   You are returned to the previous panel with the specified criteria.

4. Press F6 (Action).

   A list of schedules forecasted for the specified criteria appears.

   Note: For more information about the list, press F1 (Help).