Terminology mapping

Because of legacy reasons, the two scheduling engines and the Dynamic Workload Console use different names for the same scheduling objects or attributes.

Table 1. Dynamic Workload Console terminology mapping
IBM Workload Scheduler IBM Z Workload Scheduler Dynamic Workload Console Explanation
Schedule Application Job stream A sequence of jobs, including the resources and workstations that support them, and scheduling information.
Not applicable Application group Job stream group A grouping of job streams that provides scheduling information, such as a calendar, a free-day rule, and run cycles that can be inherited by all the job streams that have been created using the template.
Symphony Current plan Production plan A detailed plan of system activity. The plan encompasses all job and job stream instances and the resources and workstations involved in running them.
External dependency External dependency External job dependency A job from one job stream that is a predecessor for a job in another job stream.
Not applicable In-effect date for run cycles Valid from starting The first date that a run cycle is valid.
Start Time Input arrival time Earliest start The time when a job or job stream is planned to be ready for processing.
Exclusionary run cycle Negative run cycle Exclusive run cycle Specifies when a job stream must not run.
Schedule Occurrence Job stream A job stream that is scheduled for a specific run date in the plan.
Engine Controller Engine The component that runs on the controlling system, and that contains the tasks that manage the plans and databases.
Job Operation Job A unit of work that is part of a job stream and that is processed at a workstation.
Job identifier Operation number Job identifier The number that identifies a job.
Job (in the plan) Operations in the current plan Job A job scheduled for a specific run date in the plan.
Not applicable Out-of-effect date for run cycles Valid to ending The last date that a run cycle is valid.
Not applicable Run cycle with offsets Offset-based run cycle Includes a user-defined period and an offset, such as the third day in a 90-day period.
Not applicable Run cycle with rules Rule-based run cycle Includes a rule, such as the first Friday of March or the second workday of the week.
Not applicable Task Job A job performed at a computer workstation.