Overview of request types

The requests that you can make to the program interface are summarized here. The requests are described in detail in the following sections and are arranged in alphabetical order.
DELETE
Deletes data items.
EXECUTE
Performs an actual update of the current plan.
INIT
Initializes the communication session between your program and the HCL Workload Automation for Z subsystem.
INSERT
Inserts new data items or additional information into existing data items.
LIST
Retrieves a list of data items of a specified type using generic search arguments.
MODIFY
Modifies data fields in the LTP or current plan, or identifies CP or LTP data items for further modification.
OPTIONS
Specifies 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, and to prevent messages being written to the message log.
REPLACE
Replaces an existing application description or operator instruction.
RESET
Cancels a series of modify current plan requests if performed before the EXECUTE request.
SELECT
Retrieves a single data item in detail.
SETSTAT
Modifies the status of a condition dependency. You can use it to change the condition status from undecided to true or false, if the original status is undecided because of missing step-end information.
TERM
Terminates the communication session between your program and the HCL Workload Automation for Z subsystem.
Table 1. Records Using a Common Segment
Arg names Length
ADCOM192
AWSCL80
CLCOM96
CPOCCOM 428
CPOPCOM (*)380
CPOPSRU (*)96
CSRCOM (*)240
CPWSCOM (*)128
CPWSVCOM(*) 129
ETT128
JCLVCOM96
JLCOM64
JSCOM96
LTOCCOM157
OICOM96
PRCOM96
RGCOM 160
SRCOM204
WSCOM128
WSVCOM128
(*): You cannot specify this argument name to delete the entire record.