Using Schedule Manager › Edit a Schedule › Understand the Links Control Panel › Establish Unique Links

Establish Unique Links

Links between periods and system resources determine the following:

• Which resources have their desired state controlled when a period is active
• Whether the desired state is set to ON (or equivalent statuses such as UP, ACTIVE, ONLINE, and so on), to OFF (or equivalent statuses such as DOWN, INACTIVE, OFFLINE, and so on), or is not set at all

To establish a unique set of links between a period and various system resources

1. On the Links Control panel, issue the L line command in the command column on the line describing a period.

   The selected period becomes the link item and its display color changes to white.

2. Press the PF11 key to move the CMDS column into the resource column.
3. Look at the list of resources, resource types, and tables displayed in the resources column.

   Note: Press the PF7 key to scroll up or the PF8 key to scroll down.

   Decide which resources you want to link this period to and what you want the desired states of those resources to be. A period can be linked to as many resources as you want, including resources belonging to different resource types or different tables.

4. Place the cursor on the line beside the item you want to link to the currently selected period.
   • To link to a single resource, place the cursor on the line listing that resource.
   • To link to all resources under the same resource type, place the cursor on the line listing that type.
   • To link to all resources belonging to the same table, place the cursor on the line listing the table name.
5. Type either F (off) or N (on) in the CMDS column.
   • Type F if you want the resource or resources in this link to have a desired state of OFF or its equivalent during the current period.
   • Type N if you want the resource or resources to have a desired state of ON or its equivalent during the current period.
6. Press Enter.

   The Schedule Manager links the selected resource or resources to the current period and saves the link, making it part of the current schedule. The resources you chose turn green if their desired state is ON or its equivalent, or red if their desired state is OFF or its equivalent.

7. Repeat the previous two steps if you want to create links to other resources.