Specifying extended information

You can specify additional information in the operation description. You can also use the strings to filter queries of operations.

Figure 1. EQQAMXDP - Operation extended info

EQQAMXDP------------------ OPERATION EXTENDED INFO ---------------------------
Command ===>

Application    : PAYDAILY daily payroll jobs
Operation      : CPU1 020 runs pay04 and pay06
Job name       : PAYDAILY

Enter change data below:

Use extended info: Y      Y or N

Operation Extended Name:

daily payroll data for accounting_________________________________

Use SE name: Y      Y or N

Scheduling Environment Name:

DB2ACTIVE_________________________________

Specify Y to have the Extended Name field appear for the operation in the current plan after you generate the daily plan or perform a dynamic addition.

Specify Y to have the Scheduling Environment Name field appear for the operation in the current plan after you generate the daily plan or perform a dynamic addition.

After it is added to the plan, the Scheduling Environment name is used at job submission time to check if the job can be submitted and if so, to appropriately tailor the JCL (by adding the JOB keyword SCHENV=SE name).

For more information, see Job scheduling and WLM.