Schedule an event to run every 5 minutes on weekdays.

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

Set up an event that triggers every 5 minutes to submit a job. The schedule should start at 0800 on Monday and stop at 1700 on Friday (Mon-Fri)

If JOBA returns RC00 in STEP7, it needs to kick off JOBB.       

Environment

Component: ESP Workload Automation
Release: All Releases

Resolution

Schedule an event with the following requirements

  - Frequency: Every 5 minutes
  - Daily Start Time: 08:00 hrs
  - Daily Suspend Time: 17:00 hrs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Create an event with the following parameters:

EVENT ID(TEST.EVENT) SYSTEM(xxxx) REPLACE
SUSPEND 17.00 FRIDAY
SCHEDULE 08.00 WEEKDAYS EVERY 5 MINS
RESUME 08.00 MONDAY
INVOKE '<hlq.proc>(<member>)'

This will resolve the event as follows:

EVENT ID(TEST.EVENT)  SYSTEM(xxxx)  REPLACE
SCHEDULE 08.00 WEEKDAYS EVERY 5 MINUTES STARTING FRI 14TH AUG 2026
SUSPEND 17.00 FRI STARTING FRI 14TH AUG 2026
RESUME 08.00 MON STARTING MON 17TH AUG 2026
INVOKE '<hlq.proc>(<member>)'
ENDDEF