Monthly run cycle examples

GPAYM is required to run on the Wednesday if the third Thursday is a public holiday; so a period is created and offset calculated that will enable the application to be rescheduled correctly when there are public holidays.

Type = NORMAL     Period = FIRSTTHU   Offset = 14
Free-day rule = 1  Input arrival = 17.00 Deadline = 01 06.00
Description = Run third Thursday of the month or day before if free

The yearly processing PAYTAXYR also requires a unique period definition to be sure the application is always scheduled correctly.

Type = NORMAL     Period = FSTTHU7   Offset = 14
Free-day rule = 1  Input arrival = 17.00 Deadline = 01 06.00
Description = Run third Thursday in July or day before if free

In the sample run cycles for the Paymore system, identical input arrival and deadline times are specified. This can be the most effective method to handle several applications that share a service level but cannot be specified as a group definition. In any case, you need not consider individual operation execution times. The daily planning process handles this for you and assigns latest-out times for each operation based upon the deadline time of the last operation in the dependency chain.