To Schedule a Job
To schedule a job, first start a job called SCHPGM. This job controls the SBMSCHJOB command. Then enter SBMSCHJOB on the AS/400 command line, press F4, and fill out the following parameters.
SCHCMD The name of the command you want to schedule. You can enter the command followed by the entire command string, or enter a question mark (?) followed by the command name, which displays the command prompt after you complete the remaining parameters.
SCHHR The hour of the day you want the job to released to batch. Enter the time in
SCHMN The minute of the hour. The default is 00. Valid entries are 00 through 59.
For example, to release a job at 3:30 pm, enter 15 as the SCHHR, and 30 as the SCHMN.
SCHDT The date, in host system format, that you want the job released. The default is *TODAY, which releases the job on the current day at the specified time.
For instance, if the system format is DDMMYY, enter the 041591 for April 15, 1991.
Another way to specify a date in the future is to enter a plus sign (
) followed by a value from 1 to 14. This specifies the number of days from the current day to release the job.
SCHJOB The job name. The default is *JOBD which uses the name of the user’s job description for the job name. You can use any name for the job (up to ten characters).
SCHJOBD The job description. The default is QBATCH, an
Library The library containing the job description. *LIBL is the default.
NOTE: The time you specify for the SBMSCHJOB command is the time the job will be released, but not necessarily the time the job will be processed. The time at which the job is processed depends on the number of jobs ahead of it in the job queue.
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