Handling of Job Groups IN CONTROL-M

Handling of Job Groups

Normally, the handling of each job in a table is independent of the handling
of the other jobs in the table. Each job is handled according to the criteria
specified in its own job scheduling definition.

However, the Scheduling Definition facility also supports the handling of
jobs as a group. Such jobs are defined in a special scheduling table, called a
Group scheduling table. Each Group scheduling table has a special job
scheduling definition, called a Group Entity. Group handling criteria for the
entire group of jobs are specified in this Group Entity. These include:


Group Handling Criteria

Criteria                                   Description
Basic Scheduling criteria         Scheduling criteria to be applied to jobs in the group.
Runtime Scheduling criteria     Required runtime criteria for all scheduled jobs in the
                                                   group.
Post Processing actions          Actions to be performed when all scheduled jobs in the
                                              group have finished executing with the appropriate
                                              status.