The submission process

For IBM® Z Workload Scheduler to start an operation, job submission must be activated for all operations. The job options of the particular operation must also have automatic submit set to yes. If this is not the case, the operation remains on the ready list in R, *, or A status. All of these rules are bypassed, however, if an operator uses the EXECUTE command , which starts the operation regardless of all normal scheduling criteria.

The status of an operation on a nonreporting workstation is automatically set to C (complete) when the operation is ready to be started. Operations that have been stopped with the NOP command by an operator are also automatically set to complete when the operation is ready to be started. Refer to Running an operation immediately with EXECUTE for information on NOP and EXECUTE.

Operations on computer workstations are given status S (started) once the operation, in this case a job or started task, has been submitted. The operation remains in S status until IBM® Z Workload Scheduler learns, by way of JES and SMF events, how the operation ended. The status of the operation will then either be set to C (complete) or E (ended-in-error).

Because an operation can remain in S status for a long time, IBM® Z Workload Scheduler assigns appropriate extended status codes to help you identify exactly what stage of processing the operation has reached.