Difference between ESP RELEASE and RELEASE ADD commands

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

Explain the difference between the ESP RELEASE and RELEASE ADD commands.

Resolution

There are three ways to handle the continuation of the RELEASE statement. 

•  use (-+) at the end of the line and continue to the next line. 
•  code a RELEASE statement on the 1st line and RELEASE ADD on all lines that follow. 
•  code a RELEASE statement and enclose the jobs to be released in parentheses.

Example #1
Job JOBA   
Release (JOBB)   
Release Add (JOBC)   
Release Add (JOBD)          
ENDJOB

Example #2
Job JOBA   
Release (JOBB -  JOBC -  JOBD)          
ENDJOB

Example #3
JOB JOBA   
Release (JOBB,JOBC,JOBD)
ENDJOB