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Dependence Definition

As work is defined in the CA WA CA 7 Edition 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 WA CA 7 Edition can have predecessor requirements. CA WA CA 7 Edition 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 WA CA 7 Edition queues

Note: Jobs should not have more than 255 requirements.