How to delete an event that was triggered for the future.

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

How do you delete an event that was triggered for the distant future?

Environment

Release: All Releases of ESP Workload Automation

Cause

When trying to trigger an event in the future the wrong date was used. Need to remove the event from the schedule.

Resolution

1. Go into page mode and issue LISTSCH DATE to list the events that have been scheduled.

   ESP  ------------------------------- COMMAND ===> lsch date 
   14.00.00 WED29JUL98 CYBEVENT.REMIND 
   15.26.54 WED29JUL98 CYBEVENT.SANTA 
   15.35.21 WED29JUL98 CYBEVENT.DEER 
   18.00.00 WED29JUL98 CYBEVENT.PAY 
   00.00.00 THU30JUL98 CYBEVENT.A 
   00.00.00 THU30JUL98 CYBEVENT.MIDNIGHT 
   00.00.00 THU30JUL98 CYBEVENT.ZEROZERO 
   06.00.00 THU30JUL98 SCAN EVENT1

   Event 15.26.54 WED29JUL98 CYBEVENT.SANTA will be used as example. Note time and date.
   
   
2. Select option E

   ESP ------------ CA Workload Automation ESP Edition r12.0.00 ------------ ESP
   OPTION ===> E
   
   Select an option from the list and press ENTER
    
   Define,Manage,Review...           Functions
   
      A Applications                    O Set your ESP defaults 
      E  Events                         C Consolidated Status Facility                                     
      L  Calendars                      U ESP Utilities     
      J  Jobs                           G  ESP Page Mode    
      T  Job Tracking                   M  ESP Administration    
      S  Scheduled Activity             R  EXH File Viewer
   
   

3. Select option 3

   --------------------------- EVENT MANAGEMENT MENU --------------------------
   OPTION ===> 3
           
          Select an option from the list and press ENTER
           
          Selection                      Description
        
   1  Quick Event Definition             Quick entry panels to create a simple Event     
   2  Define a new ESP Event             Full panel series to define a new Event     
   3  Control an existing Event          Alter, Browse, Delete, Edit, Hold, Release, Simulate, Suspend, Resume or    Trigger ESP Events     
   4  TEST                               Test schedule criteria     
   5  NEXT                               Display next execution time of an Event

4. Press ENTER to display the list of events

   ---------------------------- EVENT CONTROL MENU ---------------------------- 
   OPTION ===>
           
         A  Alter Event attributes        M  Simulate Event execution       
         B  Browse one or more Events     P  Release Event(s) for processing       
         D  Delete one or more Events     R  Resume Event processing       
         E  Edit Event definition(s)      T  Trigger Event execution       
         H  Hold Event processing         U  Suspend Event processing       
         blank  Display a List of Events
    
   DO YOU WANT TO CONFIRM A DELETE REQUEST? ===> Y (Y/N)  (Blank defaults to YES)
    
   SINGLE EVENT  To process one Event, complete the following. 
   PREFIX           ===> CYBEVENT                  (Blank defaults to group name) 
   DESCRIPTIVE NAME ===>                           (Required for single Event) 
   
   MULTIPLE EVENTS  Use asterisks (*) and/or a hyphen (-) for masking to process a generic group of Events. 
   PREFIX           ===> CYBEVENT                  (Blank defaults to group name) 
   DESCRIPTIVE NAME ===>                           (Blank defaults to all Events)
   LIST OPTIONS     ===>                           (Blank for default options)

5. Trigger the event you want to delete

   --------------------------------- LIST EVENTS --------------- Row 1 to 1 of 1 
   COMMAND ===>  
   
   ENTER ANY COMBINATION OF THESE CODES NEXT TO THE EVENT(S) YOU WANT TO PROCESS           
            A Alter     D Delete    H Hold      R Resume    M Simulate           
            B Browse    E Edit      P Release   U Suspend   T Trigger   
   
   EVENT                      NEXT DUE AT                        SYS     HC SC
   
   T  CYBEVENT.SANTA          15.26.54 ON WED JUL 29TH, 1998      E510    0   0   
      CYBEVENT.SECOND_EVENT   07.00.00 ON SAT AUG  1ST, 1998      E510    0   0   
      CYBEVENT.DEER           REQUIRES TRIGGER                    E510    0   0   
   **END**

6. Fill in the following options and press enter

   ----------------------------- TRIGGER AN EVENT -----------------------------
   COMMAND ===>
   
   FIll in any of the following optional fields and then press ENTER:
   REPLACE/ADD  ===> REPLACE                 (Defaults to REPLACE - set by TRDFLT command)
   TRIGGER TIME ===> 15.26.54 WED29JUL98     
                          (Specify trigger time/date, NOW is the default)
   APPL on HOLD ===>   (Specify Y to place Application in APPLHOLD status)
   BYPASS XEQ ===> Y  (Specify Y to bypass next scheduled Event execution)
   SYSTEM   ===>                    (SYSID where this Event is to execute)
   
   User Parameters passed to Event:
   USER1  ===>
   USER2  ===>
   USER3  ===>
   USER4  ===>
   CASE SENSITIVE  ===> N  (Specify Y to retain case of USER1-4 parameters)
   ROOTJOB(S):         (Names of jobs and successors, for a partial rerun)
         ===>                                                             
         ===>                                                             
   SUBAPPL(S):         (Names of subapplications for a partial rerun)     
         ===>                                                             

7. On successfully completion this message will occur

   ESP2503I SCHEDULED EXECUTION AT xxxx ON yyyy WILL BE BYPASSED

8. Go into page mode and issue LISTSCH DATE to list the events that have been scheduled. Verify event has been deleted.

This Frequently Asked Question applies to all supported releases of ESP Workload Manager.