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Dependence Definition

As work is defined in the CA Workload Automation SE database, dependencies (preexecution or predecessor requirements) can be established so that work is not initiated until these dependencies are satisfied.

Any job under the control of CA Workload Automation SE can have predecessor requirements. CA Workload Automation SE does not submit the job until all requirements are satisfied even though time scheduling criteria has been met.

The main categories of predecessor requirements are as follows:

• Successful completion of predecessor jobs
• Availability of data sets
• Date/time window
• Completion of an input network
• Mutual exclusivity with other jobs
• Specified manual activities such as JCL overrides and manual verifications
• Presence of other jobs in the CA Workload Automation SE queues

Note: Jobs should not have more than 255 requirements.