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HCL Workload Automation
Welcome to the HCL Workload Automation documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL Workload Automation. The documentation has been updated for HCL Workload Automation Version 9.5 Fix Pack 6.
User's Guide and Reference
Defining access methods for agents
Access method interface
Method command line syntax

HCL Workload Automation
Welcome to the HCL Workload Automation documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use HCL Workload Automation. The documentation has been updated for HCL Workload Automation Version 9.5 Fix Pack 6.
- Fix Pack readmes
  For the latest information about a Fix Pack, see the appropriate Readme File.
- Planning and Installation
- User's Guide and Reference
  - HCL Workload Automation
  - Understanding basic processes and commands
  - Configuring the job environment
  - Managing the production cycle
  - Using workload service assurance
    Workload service assurance is an optional feature that provides the means to flag jobs as mission critical for your business and to ensure that they are processed in a timely manner. Using this function benefits your scheduling operations personnel by enhancing their ability to meet defined service levels.
  - Customizing your workload using variable tables
    This chapter introduces the concept of variable tables to group global parameters, from now on called variables, to customize your workload.
  - Condition-based workload automation
  - Running event-driven workload automation
  - Defining objects in the database
  - Managing objects in the database - composer
  - Managing workload applications
    Workload applications can be created and then exported so that they can be shared with other HCL Workload Automation environments. In the new environment, the workload application can be subsequently updated, replaced, or deleted.
  - Managing objects in the plan - conman
  - Monitoring with Prometheus
    Access metrics that provide insight into the state, health, and performance of your workload environment and infrastructure.
  - Predicting job duration
  - Extending HCL Workload Automation capabilities
    You can extend HCL Workload Automation capabilities by integrating with IBM and third-party products, such as IBM Sterling Connect:Direct or MS SQL. This integration allows you to easily start HCL Workload Automation jobs on external products, while using HCL Workload Automation scheduling capabilities. HCL Workload Automation also provides jobs that perform everyday operations, such as file transfer and web services, and utility jobs that automate and simplify operations such as the centralized agent update.
  - Managing dynamic scheduling
    This section explains how you can manage dynamic scheduling capabilities in your environment to schedule both existing HCL Workload Automation jobs and job types with advanced options, both those supplied with the product and the additional types implemented through the custom plug-ins.
  - Using utility commands
  - Using utility commands in the dynamic environment
  - Getting reports and statistics
  - Managing time zones
  - Defining access methods for agents
    - Access method interface
      - Method command line syntax
        Task options
      - Method response messages
      - Method options file
        For extended, agents, and HCL Workload Automation Agent you can use a method options file to specify login information and other options.
    - Running methods
    - Troubleshooting
  - Managing internetwork dependencies
  - Applying conditional branching logic
    With HCL Workload Automation you can define jobs to run when and as often as necessary. Sometimes some jobs might have to wait for other jobs to finish successfully before they start. Add even more flexibility to your job flows by choosing which job to run depending on the result of the job status or output of a previous job. Whenever you have conditions that specify whether or not a segment of your job flow should run, then that is a conditional dependency.
  - Defining and managing cross dependencies
  - Managing an IBM i dynamic environment
  - Event-driven workload automation event and action definitions
  - Job Submission Description Language schema reference
    This reference section specifies the semantics and structure of the Job Submission Description Language (JSDL) that apply specifically for use with dynamic workload broker. The JSDL schema is used to describe the job requirements for submission to resources. dynamic workload broker analyzes the IT environment and assigns the best available resource to run the job, based on the requirements you specify.
  - Quick reference for commands
  - Accessibility
- Administration Guide
- Scheduling with the Agent for z/OS
- Database Views
- Integrating
- High Availability Cluster Environment
- Driving HCL Workload Automation
- Extending HCL Workload Automation

Method command line syntax

The HCL Workload Automation host runs an access method using the following command line syntax:

methodname -t task options -- taskstring

where:

methodname

Specifies the file name of the access method. All access methods must be stored in the directory: TWS_home/methods

-t task

Specifies the task to be performed, where task is one of the following:

LJ: Launches a job.
MJ: Manages a previously launched job. Use this option to resynchronize if a prior LJ task ended unexpectedly.
CF: Extended agents only. Checks the availability of a file. Use this option to check file opens dependencies.
GS: Extended agents only. Gets the status of a job. Use this option to check job follows dependencies.

options

Specifies the options associated with the task. See Task options for more information.

taskstring

A string of up to 255 characters associated with the task. See Task options.

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