Diagnosing delays

Sometimes you need to run a specific operation in the plan immediately or you need to know why a certain job is not started. Here are some reasons why a computer workstation operation might not be started:
  • The workstation is not open.
  • Predecessors are not complete.
  • No parallel server is available.
  • The workstation is offline or has failed and no rerouting is in effect.
  • The workstation is active but not connected.
  • Not enough workstation resources are available.
  • Not all the required special resources are available.
  • The operation is waiting for a specific time of day.
  • The operation has been manually held.
  • The automatic-job-submission option is set to NO for the operation.
  • There was an error during job submission.
  • The operation is waiting for manual cleanup.
  • Restart and cleanup is in progress.
  • The scheduling environment is not available

Many of these reasons are indicated by a unique extended status code. For example, operations that are waiting until a particular time of day will have T extended status code. If you are not familiar with the code or if there is no code, request additional information about the operation by entering row command I. For a complete list of error codes, see Status, error, and reason codes.

The SELECTNG APPLICATION OCCURRENCE AND OPERATION INFORMATION panel in EQQSOPSP - Selecting application occurrence and operation information shows an operation that is ready but cannot be submitted because job submission is deactivated (1).

Figure 1. EQQSOPSP - Selecting application occurrence and operation information
EQQSOPSP  SELECTING APPLICATION OCCURRENCE AND OPERATION INFORMATION ----
Option ===>
Select one of the following:
 1 APPLICATION      - Detailed application occurrence information
 2 OPERATION        - Detailed operation information
 3 OPERATION LIST   - Operations of the application occurrence
 4 DEPENDENCIES     - Immediate predecessor and successor information
 5 RESOURCES        - List of resources used by the operation
 6 JCL              - Browse the JCL
 7 OPERATOR INSTR   - Operator instructions
 8 EXTERNAL DEPS    - Immediate external dependencies of the occurrence
 9 ALL DEPS         - All dependencies of this operation
10 CLEANUP OPTIONS  - Cleanup options
11 EXTENDED INFO    - Operation extended info
12 AUTOMATION INFO  - System automation operation info 
13 USER FIELDS      - User fields operation info
14 REMOTE JOB INFO  - Detailed information about remote job
15 STEP LIST        - List of job steps
 
Application           : PAYW              weekly payroll jobs
Operation             : CPU1 020          pay07, pay10, and pay16
Jobname and Jobid     : PAYWEEK
Status of operation   : Ready             Job submission is deactivated                1
 on Work Station      :
Priority of operation : 5
Planned input arrival: 13/03/02 12.00    Actual input arrival: 13/03/02 20.22

The ALL DEPS option can be particularly helpful. You can use this function to find out what outstanding predecessors remain before an operation will start and to see the impact of its being late or failing.