Small product enhancements

For some versions of IBM Z Workload Scheduler, new features were added as Small Product Enhancements (SPEs). Some SPEs can modify the structure of data within IBM Z Workload Scheduler and Batch Loader. You can turn on support for these features selectively.

The following additional features were added to version 8.2:
WLM
Workload Manager Scheduling Environment integration
PEND
ACTIVE and PENDING support added to BCIT and BATCH LOADER
SA
System Automation Integration
The following additional features were added to version 8.3:
JCLV
JCL Variable improvements
VIWS
Virtual Workstations
IP
TCP/IP connection for IBM Z Workload Scheduler started tasks

Although there is no IBM Z Workload Scheduler version 8.4, because the following version is 8.5, setting a version 8.4 within Workload Automation Programming Language allows you to use all post 8.3 SPEs that were released before version 8.5.

The following additional feature was added to version 8.5.1:
USRF
Operation User Fields

To list Small Product Enhancements, use the SHOW SPE command.

To turn on a feature delivered through a Small Product Enhancement, issue OPTIONS SPE as in the following example: 
OPTIONS SPE(WLM,PEND)
To turn off a feature delivered through a Small Product Enhancement which you turned on earlier in the session, issue OPTIONS SPE as in the following example 
OPTIONS SPE(WLM=N)
.

Any options added to an earlier version by SPE are automatically included in later versions. Therefore WLM, PEND, and SA are automatically included in version 8.3 and later, JCLV and VIWS are automatically included in version 8.5 and later.

Using OPTIONS SPE to turn on a Small Product Enhancement that is automatically available for that release is ignored. Using OPTIONS SPE to turn on a Small Product Enhancement that is not eligible for use with the version of IBM Workload Scheduler that you are running, generates an error.

Note: If you issue OPTIONS SUBSYS to create subsystem-specific OPTIONS members, the SPE keyword must be maintained within these members, because the relevant enhancements are installed on each subsystem.