OPTIONS request

The OPTIONS request lets you specify options to be used when performing PIF requests. You can use these options to automatically:
  • Resolve external dependencies when adding LTP or CP occurrences
  • Improve the time taken to retrieve information about operations
  • Request the address of the area where the message ID is returned
  • Prevent messages being written to the message log.
  • Handles different versions of the same application. If you delete, insert or replace an application, this operation might cause the change of the valid-to date of all versions involved. By default, different versions of the same application are not supported.
Automatic resolution of external dependencies involves:
  • The external predecessors of the occurrence you are inserting are in the LTP or current plan. In the LTP, if more than one occurrence of a specified predecessor application occurs, HCL Workload Automation for Z selects as predecessor the one with the nearest earlier input arrival time. In the current plan, if more than one occurrence of a specified predecessor application occurs, HCL Workload Automation for Z selects as predecessor the one with the nearest earlier input arrival time and containing a candidate predecessor.
  • All predecessor occurrences selected by the preceding rule are updated so that they specify the new occurrence as a successor.

If automatic resolution is not required, external dependencies that exist in the application descriptions you are inserting are removed before the LTP or current plan is updated.

By default, automatic resolution is not performed. When you use the OPTIONS request, the option you choose remains in effect until the end of the current program interface session or until altered by another OPTIONS request. An OPTIONS request can be made any time after the INIT request.