Group definitions

You can group applications and job descriptions that are always scheduled together by creating them as members of an application group. With an application group, the description of the application is recorded in a group definition, and not in individual applications. By doing this, you avoid having to specify the same calendar and run policy information for each application.

The use of application groups can save you time, in the initial specification of your work to HCL Workload Automation for Z and in ongoing maintenance to the applications. You can also use groups in the MODIFY CURRENT PLAN panel, to add, delete, and complete all or part of an application group in the current plan.

Having applications in a group also gives some protection against unintentional deletion or modification of individual group members in the plans. For example, to delete an application occurrence that is part of a group in the current plan, you must first remove it from the group.