FORECAST  STRUCTURES

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       After schedules and triggers have been defined for a job stream, it is always a good idea to verify the structures as CA-7 sees them. The FSTRUC command is used for this purpose. A structure can be listed for:

A specific system ‘FSTRUC, SYS=system, SCHID=nnn’

Starting at a specifies job  ‘FSTRUC, JOB=job name, SCHID=nnn’

The default SCHID is ‘001’. A forecast structure should be issued for each SCHID defined in the database. The date and time information listed for the first job is the date and time when you issued the command. FSTRUC lists what would happen IF the jobs were to run at the time the command was issued.

Below is a sample forecast structure for the Canada A/P system. The LEV# column indicates the jobs level from the originating job. For example, 002 indicates that  job is on the  second level of triggers from the originating job with in the structure. A job without a level number is either time scheduled, or it is not triggered by another job under the requested SCHID.