How do I create a report for jobs that ran within a certain time frame?

Products

• CA 7 Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

How do I create a report for jobs that ran within a certain time frame?

Environment

Release: ESPSEV99000-11.3-CA-7-Extended Support Plus
Component:

Resolution

Using the SASSHIS8 History Reporting Utility with a 06 Report with the date ranges that you are needing. 

The following are the formats for each of the control records in Report 06 - Job Processing Activity:

 

Report ID

Identifies the requested report as Job Processing Activity.

• Positions: 01-02
• Value: 06
• Required: yes
• Default: none
  

 

Request ID

Identifies a literal that is printed on burst pages in front of the report. Additional burst pages with the literal END PAGE are printed at the back of the report. This code, in combination with the Report ID field, must be a unique, ten-character combination within a given run of SASSHIS8. This value is also used within the sort key to separate multiple requests for the same report ID.

• Positions: 03-10
• Value: alphanumeric
• Required: no
• Default: blanks
  

 

From Date

Indicates either the start of the reporting period for the report or one of the reserved literals for defining the reporting period boundaries.

• Positions: 11-15
• Value: numeric (in yyddd format) or reserved literal
• Required: no
• Default: earliest date on files
  

 

From Time

Indicates the starting time-of-day on From Date of the reporting period.

• Positions: 16-19
• Value: numeric (hhmm)
• Required: no
• Default: earliest time-of-day on the preceding From Date

 

Thru Date

Indicates the end of the reporting period for the report.

• Positions: 20-24
• Value: numeric (yyddd)
• Required: no
• Default: latest date on files

 

Thru Time

Indicates the ending time-of-day on Thru Date of the reporting period.

Positions: 25-28

• Value: numeric (hhmm)
• Required: no
• Default: latest time-of-day on Thru Date

 

Job Name

Specifies the job to report. This field supports masking.

• Positions: 29-36
• Value: alphanumeric
• Required: no
• Default: all jobs

 

Time Zone

Specifies which time zone to use when date and time from extracted records are displayed.

E - Specifies to use the date and time of the execution time zone.

7 - Specifies to use the date and time of the CA Workload Automation SE time zone.

• Position: 37
• Value: E, 7
• Required: no
• Default: E

Reserved

• Position: 38
• Reserved for CA Technologies use.

 

Sort

Specifies the order of the digits (left-justified) that controls the sequence of the report. Use any combination of the following values:

1 - Specifies date/time the log record was written sequence.

2 - Specifies job name sequence.

3 - Specifies system ID sequence.

• Positions: 39-41
• Value: numeric
• Required: no
• Default: 123

 

Index

Produces only the first part of the report, showing a one line index entry per job.

• Positions: 42-46
• Value: INDEX
• Required: no
• Required: no
• Default: none

 

CPU ID

Indicates the system to report. The system ID is the SMFID in the SMF record. For XPJOBs, this value is always 7XPJ. For agent jobs, this value is always AGJ.

• Positions: 47-50
• Value: alphanumeric
• Required: no
• Default: all system IDs

 

User Comments

Supplies free space for user comments.

• Positions: 51-80
• Value: alphanumeric
• Required: no
• Default: none

 

 

Additional Information

As always, please contact CA Technologies support for CA 7 if you have further questions.