can we automate a process



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can we automate a process

Postby rahul2825 » Thu May 21, 2009 3:41 pm

i have a process which requires me going and checking for a GDG daily mon-sat at specific time and then run a job1 which gives another gdg file1

if gdg file1 is empty then i need to RUN job3 instead of job2
if gdg file1 is not empty then i need to Clist the file and then RUN job2 and then run a connect direct .

then i will run job3 and it gives a gdg2 and if its empty then no need to run job4
if its not enpty then run clist the file and run job 4 and then run conenct direct job.

can we do it and if yes how can we do it any suggestion this wjole process takes 15 min.
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Re: can we automate a process

Postby MrSpock » Thu May 21, 2009 3:51 pm

Sounds doable for most of it. Some SORT steps to set a return-code for an empty file, some IF/THEN/ELSE logic, some dynamic job submissions.
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Re: can we automate a process

Postby rahul2825 » Fri May 22, 2009 2:04 pm

thank you very much i will start to work on those lines once iam done i i will let you know.

but could you please tell how can we submit a dynamic job. and once we have the job for whole process how can we schedule it everyday at a specific time.
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Re: can we automate a process

Postby dick scherrer » Fri May 22, 2009 2:33 pm

Hello,

Simply SUBMIT the job(s) once it has been determined what is needed for this run. This the same as when you submit manually - it is just included in your new process to be automatic.

The base job that dynamically submits the others should be put on the production schedule.
Hope this helps,
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