The SCHEDULE Command Center shown in Figure 2-1

Figure 2-1 Command center

can be used to perform virtually all SCHEDULE functions. This includes the complete modification of jobs, calendars and queues. It also includes a simple way to control jobs using the Command Center icons and job group windows.

The Command Center consists of a menu bar and an icon area. The menu bar is made up of selectable menu items which configure and define the functionality of the MOTIF Editor/Monitor. The icon area consists of a collection of graphical icons which perform the most commonly chosen functions of the program. A brief description of each menu and icon follows. Detailed descriptions will appear later in this chapter.

2.1 Starting the MOTIF Editor/Monitor

To invoke the MOTIF Editor/Monitor from the command line, enter the following command: $ @schedule_library:schx_motif

2.2 Command Center Form Data

The following sections contain tables that describe the fields of all forms that appear when using the command center.

2.2.1 Job Form Data

The job controls determine the creation of a CONTROL record which is first loaded with default values before user specified values are loaded. The general descriptions of all the fields in the CONTROL file are listed below, organized by the control button that brings up the corresponding form.

2.2.1.1 General information

The general data is entered in the top of the Job Control Data dialog box. The general data fields are as follows.

Data	Description
Directory/Job name	This is the name of the job, which, together with the directory, is the unique identifier for this job within the CONTROL file. Read only.
Comments	This is just a text field into which any text data can be inserted.
Rescheduling method	Jobs that have time based starts can be rescheduled via one of three methods. The various methods are detailed below: INTERVAL: Interval rescheduling uses the current start time and just adds in the interval to determine what the next start time should be. MARKED CALENDAR: Marked calendar rescheduling looks for a specified mark (a letter A through Z) on the indicated calendar and then runs the job at the indicated time of day. NAMED DAY: Named day rescheduling selects the next run date by the name of the day (MONDAY, TUESDAY, etc.) and then runs the job at the indicated time of day. NO AUTOMATIC: This option clears out all automatic job rescheduling.
Next start date	This is the next time the job will automatically start. Any job that is started (without being manually started) must have a start time set. Once the start time has occurred and the job is submitted for execution, then the reschedule parameters are used to determine how to reset this date to the next start time.