Ordering (Scheduling) Jobs in control-m

Ordering (Scheduling) Jobs


Although job scheduling in the production environment is generally handled
by CONTROL-M automatically
CONTROL-M provides several mechanisms  for scheduling jobs manually.
 Among these are options to manually request job scheduling from the Table
 List screen and the Job List screen.


• When manually requesting job scheduling from the Job List screen,
specific jobs are selected. Multiple jobs can be specified.
• When manually requesting job scheduling from the Table List screen,
tables are selected and each request applies to all the jobs in the selected
tables. Multiple tables can be specified.

Either of two options, O (Order) and F (Force), can be used in either of these
screens to manually request job scheduling. These options work as follows:


Options for Manually Ordering Jobs
Option Description
 O (ORDER) Basic scheduling parameters of the jobs are checked against
the requested scheduling date. If the job must be scheduled
for that day, a job order is placed on the Active Jobs file.

F (FORCE) Basic scheduling parameters of the jobs are not checked. A
job order is placed on the Active Jobs file that day even if the
scheduling criteria of the job are not satisfied.


When you use the O and F options, a confirmation window is opened. The
default confirmation window is illustrated below. If the default has been
modified in the User profile, an alternate confirmation window, requiring
double confirmation, is opened.