Introduction

EnterpriseSCHEDULE brings the scheduling of jobs (the automated execution of tasks) into a manageable and easy to use application. The growing need for lights out processing of routine tasks can now be easily managed using EnterpriseSCHEDULE full range of automated tools.

EnterpriseSCHEDULE provides a complete solution to managing background processes and batch jobs in an orderly fashion. Your jobs can interact with other jobs and check for system resources and events on your system. The EnterpriseSCHEDULE database, data processing and message handling are distributed across the entire network in such a way as to avoid any single points of failures, to prevent network bottlenecks and system outage delays. The system can manage and run tasks on all systems available today, either via an agent connection or by the server component executing directly on the system.

Using EnterpriseSCHEDULE you can:

• Begin scheduling jobs immediately using the easy to use Wizards that create jobs, calendars and variables and let you begin automating your tasks in no time.
• Connect to any EnterpriseSCHEDULE server: OpenVMS, Windows, Linux, AIX, Tru64 UNIX, HP-UX or Sun Solaris.
• Use variables to add advanced scheduling decision paths to jobs based on the evaluation of simple (or complex) programming algorithms.
• Create interdependencies between jobs using the handy layout module by simply dragging a line between two jobs. Interdependencies are connections between jobs that trigger or release subsequent jobs.
• Maintain all scheduling objects (jobs, calendars, variables, layouts) in an easy to access database using a Explorer structure identical to Windows. Drag and drop, delete, edit and rename jobs and other objects within the folder database structure.
• Easily change a jobs properties including when a job runs, how it runs jobs, what other jobs will be submitted when it completes and what system resources will affect the job.
• Monitor job progress by job event. View such events as "Waiting to Submit" "Executing" and "Successful Completion".
• Send event notifications via e-mail and pop up messages to interested parties.
• Create a marked calendar to designate specific days of a given month to run your job.
• Generate detailed reports on the job definitions, dependencies, and execution status.
• Schedule a job to run based on a preset time interval, days of the week or a marked calendar.
• Schedule a job run based on the availability of a file.