Welcome
HCL Workload Automation for Z
Welcome to the HCL Workload Automation for Z documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product. The documentation has been updated for version 10.2 Fix Pack 3.
Managing the Workload
You can plan when and how your workload runs and manage it as part of a plan.
Planning and scheduling
Learn how to organize your workload while it runs, and the dependencies among its parts.
Job scheduling and WLM
When a job should be set as critical

When a job should be set as critical

You should always set a job as critical if its delay could imply a delay in the plan. WLM knows the availability of the overall resources against the system workloads when the current plan is executed and the real duration of a job is determined by this factor. Therefore, it is better also that you set as critical those jobs that would be on a critical path if their estimated durations were only minimally longer than at present. To set a job as critical, set the appropriate value in the CRITICAL field of the JOB, WTO, AND PRINT OPTIONS panel, which is accessible from either the APPLICATION DESCRIPTION panel or the MODIFYING THE CURRENT PLAN panel (for detailed information, see Specifying options for automation).