This screen also allows the Status to be changed, use the F7 function key to toggle the status between Online and Offline.

Entries

Launcher Type

This is the type of Job Launcher selected and will be *STD by default. If you have chosen to use a bespoke Parameter Maintenance program then this will be say "Bespoke".

Launcher Name

This is the unique name for your Job Launcher entry. This will be used as the name of the Job running in the CPPD Subsystem when it is active.

Launcher Description

Enter a description for your Job Launcher entry.

Program to call

Specify the name of the Program that you wish to be called by the job launcher. Please see Supplied Job Launcher programs for a list of standard programs in library CPPD:

You may create your own Job Launcher program, please see Creating a bespoke Job Launcher program for details, or you ask Cobwebb to create one for you.

Program Library

The library name where the above Program resides. This may be left as *LIBL for the standard Job Launcher programs.

Polling interval (mins / secs)

Specify the number of minutes and/or seconds you wish to wait before calling the program again. These two entries will be added together for the polling interval. If nothing is entered here then the program will only be run ONCE when the CPPD subsystem first starts.

Job Description

Specify the name of the Job Description to use when running the monitor program - this will be JOBLMON by default. We would suggest that you create a Job Description, perhaps with the same name as your Program, so that you can specify details such a Library List, Logging etc. We have supplied a JOBLMON Job Description that you can copy which has the correct User and Job Queue entries to run in the CPPD Subsystem.

This Job Description will be used for the Job Launcher entry when the CPPD subsystem starts; for instance, if you are printing output you can use OUTQ(*JOB) and it will default to the Output Queue specified in the Job Description.

Also if you need the Job Launcher to run with a different User then you can change the User entry in the Job Description and this user will be used to run the job in the CPPD subsystem.

Library

The library name where the above Job Description resides.

Status

This entry displays the status of the entry. Online means that this program will be launched when the CPPD subsystem is started; Offline entries will not be launched.

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