Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

Jobs and Job Groups

Setting Dependencies on Jobs

This dialog contains the following elements:

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Master – The master that manages the variable dependency being created. If creating an intermaster dependency, 
select the appropriate remote master from the drop-down list; otherwise, leave the default.

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Variable Name – The variable that the current job depends on. You select the variable from a list of user-defined 
variables that you or your workgroup own. If the master is a remote master, these variables are a list of published 
variables cached within the local master.

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Operator – The relative operator used to determine whether the variable’s value satisfies the dependency. 

When text strings are used in comparison, higher letters of the alphabet are greater than lower letters. For example, 
A < Z. If the first letters of the string match, succeeding letters are used for comparison. For example, AA < AZ. The 
operation works similar to sorting strings. 

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Variable Value – The value of the variable that satisfies the dependency. Using the drop-down menu, you can also 
select from a list of System and User-defined

 variables that should be used for comparison. 

z/OS JES Job Dependency Definition Dialog

About the z/OS JES Job Dependency Definition Dialog

The z/OS JES Dependency Definition dialog displays when adding or editing a z/OS JES dependency from the 
Dependencies tab of a job’s definition.

This dialog contains the following elements:

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z/OS Gateway Adapter – Select the appropriate Gateway adapter that is connected to the z/OS mainframe machine 
that is running the z/OS job you are interested in. Each z/OS machine requires its own Gateway adapter so you must 
select the machine you are interested in. 

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JES Job Name – The name of the job running on the selected z/OS machine that you wish to use as a dependency.

Job Occurrence Section

Since the CWA job you select could run multiple times during the day, you must specify which job occurrence you are 
interested in. 

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First – Select this option if the first instance of the job in the production day should be used to satisfy the job 
dependency.

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 – Select this option if the most recent occurrence of the job should be used to satisfy the job dependency.

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 – Select this option if both jobs (predecessor and successor) repeat within a day, and the instance of the job 

dependency should match the instance of the job depending on it. If the job does not repeat, the first instance of 
the job dependency is used.