control-m IN conditions

Praveen_87 · New User Joined: 10 Mar 2011 Posts: 4 Location: india

Hi,

I'm new to control-m job scheduling and like to know how to handle the conditional relationship between two jobs.
For example, If Job A and Job B are loading in the same day then Job B has to act as a successor of Job A. If Job A is not loading on a particular day Job B should run without waiting for Job A.

I read about the Adjust conditions in the group level. But i'm not confirm on this one. Please help.. Thanks in Advance..

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:29 pm

Hello,

Why not run Job A every day and simply end the job on days it need not run, successfully end. Then JobB would run as the successor.

This would of course depend on the logistics of when to run or not run JobA.

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

As part of the "NEWDAY" set up for Control-M, our shop runs a job that goes out and finds in-conditions like this and removes them.

So in your case, JOB B would have two in-conditions, named something like:
JOBA-ENDED-OK and JOBA-ENDED-####.

Then, a BMC utility runs each morning an looks for any -#### condition without a matching -OK waiting somewhere on the AJF. It then adds the -OK condition so that JOB B won't get stranded.

Look in your production schedule for jobs that have that #### in the names. That's good evidence that your shop is using the same set up.

gcicchet · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 4:27 am

Hi,

the Group entity definition in Group scheduling tables contains a field ADJUST CONDITIONS.

If a value of Y is specified in field ADJUST CONDITIONS, Control-M checks the scheduled jobs for unscheduled conditions.

Unscheduled conditions normally added by other jobs in the same Group scheduling table are removed from the IN statements of the scheduled jobs.

Gerry

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

That group thing ONLY works for other jobs in the same group definition.

Chances are that if you're dealing with an established system, they aren't using groups.

I use them for everything new, but legacy stuff has never been converted.

gcicchet · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:04 am

Hi,

I thought I made it clear that the ADJUST CONDITIONS applies only to jobs in the same Group scheduling table.

Praveen_87 · New User Joined: 10 Mar 2011 Posts: 4 Location: india

Thanks for all of your replies..

@Dick,

we can schedule Job A as Dummy on other days but there are lots of jobs(more than 1000). so i'm looking for the alternative..

@Ed,

In our shop, we are coding only one IN condition..
its like GROUPA-JOBA_GROUPB-JOBB ODAT
Job A is creating this condition once it completed. Now my concern is if Job A is not scheduled Job B is waiting for this condition. can you please explain little more about the two IN conditions which you are saying..

@Gerry,

Thanks for your explanation.. I want this scenario for different groups also.. Is there any way to achieve this..

gcicchet · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:16 am

Hi,

you need to read the manual on Handling Unscheduled conditions and maybe dependancies.

I don't understand what you mean by

Praveen_87 · New User Joined: 10 Mar 2011 Posts: 4 Location: india

Thanks Gerry.. I was meaning the job A from Group A is depending on Job B from Group B..

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

Gerry,
He's trying to tell you that his JOBA and JOBB come from two different groups, so the group dependency ability can't help him.

The #### stuff I was talking about IS a version of the "maybe dependency" that you mention. However, for some reason, at my shop it was done with a suffix, not a prefix.

Advice to TS: Check your production schedule for conditions with #### in them. Let that lead you in the right direction for your shop. It's importatn that you understand that you are NOT the first person to have this concern, and that it was solved a few decades ago.

Praveen_87 · New User Joined: 10 Mar 2011 Posts: 4 Location: india

Thanks Ed..

nandhuaru · New User Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Chennai

Hi,

I am working in Control-M. Is there any utilities available to add a job from JOBTRAC to Control-M

vasanthz · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:27 pm

resurrection spree today :-)

Edited: oops, saw 2011 and thought it was 1 year old when actually its only 2 months.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:34 pm

Should still have been a new topic. Nothing to do with answering the original question or points raised therein.

Ed Goodman · Active Member Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Posts: 556 Location: USA

I'll answer here before the topic gets split.

There is a BMC conversion guide for Jobtrac. For whatever reason, I do not have a copy of it in the same directory where all my other Control-M books are kept.

I would make a concentrated effort to lay your hands on that guide. It will probably have everything you need.

Here's a hint: if your only response to this is to post back here that you don't have access to it, then you are not the person for this job.