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Defining PeopleSoft Jobs

You can define a PeopleSoft (PS_JOB) job to schedule workload to run in PeopleSoft. The job runs a PeopleSoft request or a collection of requests.

Note: To run these jobs, your system requires CA WA Agent for UNIX, Linux, or Windows and CA WA Agent for PeopleSoft.

Required Statements

To define a PeopleSoft job, you must specify the following statements:

• AGENT
• PROCESSNAME
• PROCESSTYPE

Notes:

• All PeopleSoft jobs require an operator ID. You must specify the PSOPRID statement if a default operator ID is not specified in the ps.default.oprId parameter in the agent's agentparm.txt file. Otherwise, the job fails.
• All PeopleSoft jobs require a run control ID. You must specify the RUNCONTROLID statement if a default run control ID is not specified in the ps.default.runCntlId parameter in the agent's agentparm.txt file. Otherwise, the job fails.

Optional Statements

You can specify the following optional statements for a PeopleSoft job:

• ARGS
• DISABLE_RESTART
• DISTRFOLDER
• DISTRLISTROLES
• DISTRLISTUSERS
• EMAILADDR
• EMAILLOG
• EMAILSUBJECT
• EMAILTEXT
• EMAILWEBREPORT
• ENVAR
• JOBCLASS
• OUTDESTFORMAT
• OUTDESTPATH
• OUTDESTTYPE
• PSOPRID
• RUNCONTROLARGS
• RUNCONTROLID
• RUNCONTROLTABLE
• SERVERNAME
• SKIPPARMUPDATES
• TIMEZONE
• USER

Example: Run a PeopleSoft Report

This example runs an Application Engine process named PSQUERY. The job runs on the agent named PS_NY.

AGENT PS_NY
PROCESSNAME PSQUERY
PROCESSTYPE 'Application Engine'
RUNCONTROLID PS_ALL