INACTIVE and SUCCESS on exit code = 0

Products

• Autosys Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

When there is a command job and box job inside of another box job. When inner box job is dependent on the command job completing with an exit code of 0.

When the command job's status was change to INACTIVE. Then, the main box job was started, the inner box job does not execute.

 

Environment

Release : 12.0 12.1 12.1.0.01 24.0

Component :

Resolution

When a jobs status is changed from a SUCCESS to INACTIVE the exit code is nulled out. If you have job dependency, where a one job is dependent on the exit code of  0 of another job. When the status is changed to INACTIVE to the predecessor job, the condition will not be met. Unless you change the status of the predecessor job to SUCCESS or the job executes and completes to SUCCESS.