Welcome
IBM® Workload Scheduler
Welcome to the IBM® Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use IBM Workload Scheduler. The documentation has been updated for IBM Workload Scheduler Version 10.2.1.
User's Guide and Reference
Managing dynamic scheduling
This section explains how you can manage dynamic scheduling capabilities in your environment to schedule both existing IBM Workload Scheduler jobs and job types with advanced options, both those supplied with the product and the additional types implemented through the custom plug-ins.
Limitations in dynamic scheduling
Features and properties partially or not supported in dynamic scheduling

Product requirements
This section contains links to the IBM® Workload Scheduler Download Documents, System Requirements, and Release Notes.
Product Library in PDF format
This section contains links to the PDF versions of all the publications provided in IBM Documentation for IBM Workload Automation.
Considerations for GDPR readiness
Overview
Mobile Applications Userʼs Guide
Dynamic Workload Console User's Guide
AI Data Advisor (AIDA) User's Guide
Scheduling Job Integrations with IBM Workload Automation
IBM® Workload Scheduler
Welcome to the IBM® Workload Scheduler documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use IBM Workload Scheduler. The documentation has been updated for IBM Workload Scheduler Version 10.2.1.
- Quick Start Guide
- Planning and Installation
- User's Guide and Reference
  - IBM Workload Scheduler
  - Understanding basic processes and commands
  - Configuring the job environment
  - Managing the production cycle
  - Using workload service assurance
    Workload service assurance is an optional feature that provides the means to flag jobs as mission critical for your business and to ensure that they are processed in a timely manner. Using this function benefits your scheduling operations personnel by enhancing their ability to meet defined service levels.
  - Customizing your workload using variable tables
    This chapter introduces the concept of variable tables to group global parameters, from now on called variables, to customize your workload.
  - Condition-based workload automation
  - Running event-driven workload automation
  - Defining objects in the database
  - Managing objects in the database - composer
  - Managing workload applications
    Workload applications can be created and then exported so that they can be shared with other IBM Workload Scheduler environments. In the new environment, the workload application can be subsequently updated, replaced, or deleted.
  - Managing objects in the plan - conman
  - Using Orchestration Query Language from command line
    You can use the essential Orchestration Query Language keywords and syntax to effectively write queries from command line.
  - Orchestration CLI
  - Monitoring IBM® Workload Scheduler
    Using internal and third-party tools to monitor IBM® Workload Scheduler
  - Extending IBM Workload Scheduler capabilities
    You can extend IBM Workload Scheduler capabilities by integrating with third-party products. This integration allows you to easily start IBM Workload Scheduler jobs on external products, while using IBM Workload Scheduler scheduling capabilities. IBM Workload Scheduler also provides jobs that perform everyday operations, such as file transfer and web services, and utility jobs that automate and simplify operations, such as the job stream submission.
  - Managing dynamic scheduling
    This section explains how you can manage dynamic scheduling capabilities in your environment to schedule both existing IBM Workload Scheduler jobs and job types with advanced options, both those supplied with the product and the additional types implemented through the custom plug-ins.
    - Dynamic capability: a business scenario
      This section demonstrates a sample business scenario which outlines the advantages of job types with advanced options and dynamic capability.
    - Scenario: Creating a job definition using a dynamic pool
      In this scenario, you define the requirements for running the job when creating the dynamic pool, for example you can include in the dynamic pool all workstations with Windows operating system and DB2 installed and maximum CPU utilization at 50%. The dynamic pool is then populated with the workstations which match your requirements and is ready for the job to be submitted.
    - Scenario: Creating a job definition and submitting to a pool
      In this scenario, you need to run an inventory update script, therefore you create a pool, grouping workstations where the required program is installed, and a job to run the script. You select the target system for the job from the invadmin pool.
    - Defining file dependencies in dynamic scheduling
      You can manage file dependencies with dynamic agents, pools, and dynamic pools
    - Promoting jobs scheduled on dynamic pools
      This section explains how to promote a critical job scheduled on a dynamic pool. A promoted job can run on a larger number of dynamic agents in the dynamic pool than a non-promoted job. This ensures that an important job runs before other jobs that are less important.
    - Limitations in dynamic scheduling
      Features and properties partially or not supported in dynamic scheduling
  - Using utility commands
  - Using utility commands in the dynamic environment
  - Getting reports and statistics
  - Managing time zones
  - Defining access methods for agents
  - Managing internetwork dependencies
  - Applying conditional branching logic
    With IBM® Workload Scheduler you can define jobs to run when and as often as necessary. Sometimes some jobs might have to wait for other jobs to finish successfully before they start. Add even more flexibility to your job flows by choosing which job to run depending on the result of the job status or output of a previous job. Whenever you have conditions that specify whether or not a segment of your job flow should run, then that is a conditional dependency.
  - Defining and managing cross dependencies
  - Managing an IBM i dynamic environment
  - Event-driven workload automation event and action definitions
  - Quick reference for commands
  - Accessibility
- Administration Guide
- Scheduling with the Agent for z/OS
- Database Views
- High Availability Cluster Environment
- Troubleshooting
- Driving IBM Workload Automation
- Extending IBM Workload Automation
IBM® Z Workload Scheduler
The latest versions of the IBM® Z Workload Scheduler documentation is V10.1. See the related documentation here: HCL Workload Automation for Z v10.1.
Messages and Codes
Glossary
Installing IBM® Workload Scheduler
How to monitor your IBM® Workload Scheduler using the Dynamic Workload Console
How to create your scheduling environment using the Dynamic Workload Console
Notices

Limitations in dynamic scheduling

Features and properties partially or not supported in dynamic scheduling

Dynamic scheduling supports most of the IBM Workload Scheduler features for static scheduling. The Features partially or not supported for dynamic scheduling lists some features or properties that are partially or not supported.

Table 1. Features partially or not supported for dynamic scheduling
Feature	dynamic agent
Event-driven workload automation. Note: For more details about the events type, see IBM Workload Scheduler User's Guide and Reference: Appendixes - Event-driven workload automation event and action definitions	`TivoliWorkloadSchedulerObjectMonitor` events supported.
	`FileMonitor` events supported, except for IBM i systems.
	`TivoliWorkloadSchedulerApplicationMonitor` events not supported.
Utility commands (datecalc, jobinfo, and so on).	Not supported.