Schedule a job one day and a few days later make it a pred to another job

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

Job J0001 runs on the 11th, but it needs to be a predecessor to job J0002 which runs on the 15th. 

UNIX_JOB J0001 DOCMEM(docmem)                                             
RUN 11TH DAY OF MONTH LESS 0 WORKDAYS  
....
ENDJOB

UNIX_JOB J0002 DOCMEM(docmem)                           
...                                           
RUN 15TH DAY OF MONTH PLUS 0 WORKDAYS     
ENDJOB                           

                         

Environment

Release : 12.0

Component : ESP WORKLOAD AUTOMATION

Resolution

Use the JOBATTR parameter to make the job an EXTERNAL on the second run:

UNIX_JOB J0001 DOCMEM(docmem)   
IF TODAY('15TH DAY OF MONTH PLUS 0 WORKDAYS') THEN +
JOBATTR EXTERNAL SCHEDULED('11TH DAY OF MONTH LESS 0 WORKDAYS')
....
ENDJOB