deadline

Specifies the time within which a job or job stream must complete. Jobs or job streams that have not yet started or that are still running when the deadline time is reached, are considered late in the plan. When a job (or job stream) is late, the following actions are performed:

  • Job is shown as late in conman.
  • A message is issued to the stdlist and console logs.

When a job does not complete before its deadline, a warning message is displayed. If this job is not part of a carried forward job stream and you run JnextPlan while it is still running, the job is inserted in USERJOBS. In this case, another warning message about the expired deadline is added in the TWS_home/stdlist/logs/yyyymmdd_TWSMERGE.log file.

Note: When using the deadline keyword, ensure the bm check deadline option is set to a value higher than 0 in the localopts configuration file on the workstation you are working on. You can define the bm check deadline option on each workstation on which you want to be aware of the deadline expiration, or, if you want to obtain up-to-date information about the whole environment, define the option on the master domain manager. Deadlines for critical jobs are evaluated automatically, independently of the bm check deadline option. For more information about the bm check deadline option, see the Administration Guide.

Syntax

deadline time [timezone|tz tzname][+n day[s]

Arguments

time
Specifies a time of day. Possible values range from 0000 to 2359.
tzname
Specifies the time zone to be used when computing the deadline. See Managing time zones for time zone names. The default is the time zone of the workstation on which the job or job stream is launched.
n
Specifies an offset in days from the scheduled deadline time.
Note: If a deadline time and an until or at time are specified, the time zones must be the same.

Examples

The following example launches job stream sked7 every day and job jobc to start running at 14:30 and to be completed by 16:00. 
schedule sked7 on everyday :
    jobc at 1430 deadline 1600
end