Common syntax

Use the current plan operation commands to work with operations, by using a common syntax with specific sets of keywords.

The current plan operation commands use the following sets of keywords:
Identification keywords
To identify the potential operations to update, using combinations of Application ID, Job name, Workstation, Input Arrival, Operation, and Status.
Filter keywords
To choose one or more operation from the list of identified operations.
Data keywords
To manage the data related to the list of identified operations.
Command keywords
Specific to the action to be performed.

You can use the special keyword UPDATE(NO|YES) to verify the process before it is performed. The keyword determines if the commands actually performs the updates: if you specify NO, the command reports what it would do to each operation, but does not perform any updates. The default value is YES, but this default can be influenced by OPTIONS UPDATE.

Each command can have its own specific optional keywords, followed by common keywords to identify and select the operations:
<command> <arguments>    ADID(<adid>) IA(<iadatetime>)| == 
                        JOBNAME(<jobn>) OPNO(<opno>) + other identification keywords
                        WSNAME(<wsid>) DATE(<iadate>) TIME(<iatime>)
                        STATUS(<status>) USRF(<name>=<value>)
                        RANGE(<range>) POSITION(EARLIEST|LATEST)
                        COUNT(<count>)
                        OBJECT(<object>) SAVELIST(<list>) USELIST(<list>)
                        [FAIL(SKIP|STOP)]

The MATCHTYP keyword must be used if the <value> for USRF contains an asterisk (*) or percent sign (%) that is to be treated as non-wildcard character. MATCHTYP is not needed for STATUS(*), because it is always treated as “Ready with none-reporting predecessor”.