Extending the long-term plan

Extend the long-term plan by selecting option 3 from the SELECTING LONG TERM PLAN BATCH JOB menu, shown in EQQLBATP - Selecting long-term plan batch job . The EXTENDING THE LONG TERM PLAN panel, shown in EQQLEXTP - Extending the long-term plan , is displayed.

Figure 1. EQQLEXTP - Extending the long-term plan

 EQQLEXTP ---------------- EXTENDING THE LONG TERM PLAN -----------------
 Command ===>

 Enter/Change data below:

 Current end           : 13/04/30

 NEW END DATE       ===> ________    New long term plan end date
                                     in format YY/MM/DD

 EXTENSION LENGTH   ===> 28__        DDDD      Extend plan by

To extend the long-term plan, specify a new end date, or extension length in days, for the long-term plan. HCL Workload Automation for Z generates a batch job that you can edit or submit directly. Long-term planning adds only occurrences that have input arrival times outside the period covered by the current plan. When resolving dependencies, HCL Workload Automation for Z uses the long-term plan that already exists. Occurrences that fall within the current plan are also considered in the dependency resolution process.

This procedure is part of your normal maintenance of HCL Workload Automation for Z; extend the long-term plan at regular intervals. Because HCL Workload Automation for Z can schedule the job of extending the long-term plan in the same way as any other job in your system, consider using HCL Workload Automation for Z to regularly schedule a job that extends the long-term plan by a fixed duration each time it runs.