Unicenter CA-Scheduler Job Management for VSE User Guide

3.9 Defining Jobs
3.9.3 Learning the Basics About a Job Record
Unicenter CA-Scheduler provides even more job options than there were
schedule options. The following describes what characteristics job records can
define, and how Unicenter CA-Scheduler works with schedule and job options.
3.9.3.1 Which Users Can Work with Job Records?
Two factors determine who can work with a job record:
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A user's authority level
The USERS defined on the corresponding schedule base record
Users with General authority can work with jobs associated with public
schedules and schedules that specifically define them as USERS. Supervisor
authority allows you to access jobs that run at stations your userid record
authorizes. People with Manager authority can access all jobs. Permission to
access a job means you can create a job for that schedule or workstation,
update records and delete records.
There is no field corresponding to USERS on a job record which means you
cannot override the value that appears on the schedule base record at the job
level.
3.9.3.2 When Will Jobs Be Selected?
When Unicenter CA-Scheduler runs autoscan, it selects that day's workload.
The selection process consists of two steps:
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First, Unicenter CA-Scheduler sees which schedules to select.
Then it scans only the schedules selected for jobs that belong in the
workload.
That means jobs can only run on days when their schedules are selected. So
jobs that run daily must belong to schedules that are selected every day. For
details on the factors controlling when schedules are selected, see the topic
When Will This Schedule Be Selected?
When Unicenter CA-Scheduler is scanning jobs to select the day's workload, it
only examines two fields on the job base record: the RECS value for JCR and
the value of SKIP EXECUTION.
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If JCR: N, that job becomes part of the workload whenever its schedule is
selected. If you want a job to run less frequently than its schedule, then
set JCR: Y and define a criteria record for that job. You will see how that
is done later in this chapter. Unicenter CA-Scheduler interprets your job's
criteria statement using either the datetable you specified on the schedule
base record, or the calendar shown on the job's criteria record.
Someday you may need to stop selecting a job for a while. If so, use the
SKIP EXECUTION field. Specify how many times you want to skip this job
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