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Job Flow Control

After a job is scheduled from the CA Workload Automation SE database, job flow control is accomplished through a group of queues. Typically, CA Workload Automation SE performs job flow control automatically; however, it is sometimes necessary for the user to intervene manually for unusual situations or on-request scheduling needs.

This table illustrates the top line commands that address manual job flow control requirements.

Function

Description

Command

Requirement control

Use the following top line commands and panels to monitor and modify the requirements of those jobs under CA Workload Automation SE control.

ADDRQ
CTLG
JCLOVRD
POST
QM.1
QM.2
QM.3
SUBTM
VERIFY
XQ, XQJ, XQM, and XQN
XRQ
XUPD

Schedule control

Sometimes you must alter scheduled jobs. Use these commands to perform scheduling changes.

ADDSCH
DEMAND
DIRECT
NXTCYC
RUN
SSCAN
SUBMIT
SUBSCH

Resource management

Managing resource usage by jobs allows for an additional level of job flow control. These commands and panels are used to define, monitor, and control job submission through job resource use. See "Virtual Resource Management" in the Database Maintenance Guide for more information about the RM panels.

LQ
PRSCF
PRSQA
PRSQD
RM.1
RM.2
RM.3
RM.4
RM.5
RM.6
RM.7

Temporary JCL changes

Use these commands to review jobs in the request or prior-run queues or to modify the JCL for jobs in the request queue.

QJCL
QM.5

Interrupting and resuming jobs

Use these commands to delete jobs from the queues, interrupt the normal scheduling progress, resume normal scheduling, move jobs from the ready or active queue, and display jobs in the request, ready, or active queues.

CANCEL
HOLD
JOBSTART
QM.1
RELEASE
REQUEUE
XQ, XQJ, XQM, and XQN

Job restart

Jobs that have failed to terminate successfully are returned to the request queue for restart by the user. Such jobs are given a restart requirement until the restart is performed. The commands in this group are used to review, perform job restart functions, or both.

LIST
QJCL
QM.1
QM.4
QM.5
RESTART
XQ, XQJ, XQM, and XQN
XRST

Prompting

CA Workload Automation SE provides prompting messages for any late work or work in danger of becoming late. CA Workload Automation SE continues to issue messages until either the task is completed or the user disables the prompting. The commands in this group are provided for managing prompting messages.

LRMD
NOPRMP
PRMP
QM.1
REMIND
RSVP
RUSH
XQ, XQJ, XQM, and XQN

Queue control

Occasionally, you must halt temporarily the flow of jobs through the CA Workload Automation SE queues. For example, you want to shut down all processing and apply some maintenance before processing continues. Use these commands for this purpose.

START
STOP
HOLD
RELEASE

Recovery control

Use commands in this category to cancel any automated recovery that is scheduled for a given run of a production job.

ARFP

Agent output

Use commands in this category to examine various output produced by agent job execution.

AGFILE

Agent job replies

Use this command to send a message to a system agent in response to an Intervention Required condition for an agent job.

REPLY