November 5, 2002

Automated Job Scheduling Is Available on South and Titan

Job Scheduler-a Web-based replacement for the South system's Enter Submit-is now available on both Titan and the South system. Job Scheduler makes it easy for you to schedule a job to be submitted once or on a continuing basis. Simply provide the name of your JCL data set and when you want it run—that is, on a specific date, every day, every weekday, once a week, once a month, or the first or last workday of every month. After that, your job is run automatically on the date and time you requested with no further action on your part.

Job Scheduler lets you see what jobs you have scheduled and allows you to change the JCL in your data sets at any time without affecting the schedule. Each time a job is submitted through Job Scheduler an entry appears in a log. To view the log, use the "Display Submission Log" button from the Job Scheduler homepage.

We recommend that South customers move their Enter Submit jobs into South Job Scheduler now. These entries will not have to be reentered on Titan. When you are ready to move to Titan, simply transfer your entries by selecting the "Move to Titan" option under the "Display and Remove/Move Submission Entries."

With Titan Job Scheduler, Titan customers can now easily schedule recurring work to run automatically. This facility gives you complete control over setting up, displaying and modifying your job entries. Customers who require more complex scheduling (for example multiple jobs that interconnect in some way, or e-mail notification of job failure) may want to use the services of the Automated Operations Group. Contact TASC at (301) 594-6248 to request this option. Automated Operations Group scheduling is not available on the South system.