Creating plans

About this task

When you have specified your system environment (workstation, calendars, and periods) and your applications, you are ready to create the plans.

Follow these steps to create the plans:
  1. Select option 2 (LTP) from the main menu. The MAINTAINING THE LONG-TERM PLAN menu is displayed.
  2. Select option 2 (BATCH). The SELECTING THE LONG-TERM PLAN BATCH JOB menu is displayed.
  3. Select option 7 (CREATE). The CREATING THE LONG-TERM PLAN panel, shown in Creating the long-term plan, is displayed.
    Figure 1. Creating the long-term plan
    EQQLCREP ---------------- CREATING THE LONG TERM PLAN -------------------
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Enter/Change data below:

Long term plan:

 START             ===>  03/02/03   Date in format YY/MM/DD

 END               ===>  03/02/28   Date in format YY/MM/DD
  4. Start the long-term plan a few days later than the current date, so that you have time to check it before it goes into effect.
  5. Choose an end date about one month from the start date, and press Enter. The GENERATING JCL FOR A BATCH JOB panel is displayed.
  6. Type the batch job parameters, and press Enter.
  7. When the batch job finishes, check it for errors. If the long-term plan is created, you can scan the scheduled occurrences most easily online, using option 1 (ONLINE) from the LTP menu. Listing occurrences in the long-term plan shows the LONG-TERM PLAN OCCURRENCES panel.
    Figure 2. Listing occurrences in the long-term plan
    EQQLSTOL ---------------- LONG TERM PLAN OCCURRENCES ------  ROW 1 TO 5 OF 189
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Enter the CREATE command above to create a new occurrence or
enter the GRAPH command above to view occurrences graphically, or,
enter any of the commands below:
B - Browse, D - Delete, J - Job setup, M - Modify, RG - Remove from Group

Row Application id   Owner id         Input arrival  Deadline      P C Pre Suc
cmd                                   date     time  date     time
'' PAYBACKP         SAMPLE           03/02/02 12.00 03/02/03 06.00 5 N   0   0
'' PAYDAILY         SAMPLE           03/02/02 12.00 03/02/02 16.00 5 N   0   0
'' PAYBACKP         SAMPLE           03/02/03 12.00          06.00 5 N   0   1
'' PAYDAILY         SAMPLE           03/02/03 12.00 03/02/03 16.00 5 N   0   0
'' PAYW             SAMPLE           03/02/03 12.00 03/02/03 16.00 5 N   1   0
  8. If things are not what you expect, you can change occurrences using this panel, but it is easier, while you have no current plan, to correct the database and re-create the long-term plan. You cannot re-create the long-term plan once you have a current plan; you have to delete the current plan first with the REFRESH function.
  9. If the long-term plan is correct, put the jobs that you need into the EQQJBLIB data set. The member name must be the same as the operation name.
  10. Create the current plan. Select option 3 (DAILY PLANNING) from the main menu. The PRODUCING DAILY PLANS menu is displayed.
  11. Select option 2 (EXTEND). The EXTENDING CURRENT PLAN PERIOD panel, shown in Creating the current plan, is displayed.
    Figure 3. Creating the current plan
    EQQDPEXP --------------- EXTENDING CURRENT PLAN PERIOD ------------------
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Enter/change data below and press ENTER

Current plan end date :

START DATE         ===> 03/02/03    YY/MM/DD  If no current plan exists
      TIME         ===> 19.02       HH.MM
END DATE           ===> ________    YY/MM/DD  Specific END date
    TIME           ===> _____       HH.MM     Specific END time
EXTENSION LENGTH   ===> 02400       HHHMM     Extend plan by
          TYPE     ===> A           A - includes all days
                                    W - includes only work days in the
                                        extension length above

Report selection :                  Y if report wanted, otherwise N
 WS SUMMARY        ===> Y           Summary for all work stations
 OPERATING PLAN    ===> Y           Daily operation plan
 WS PLANS          ===> Y           Plans for all work stations
 INPUT ARRIVAL     ===> Y           List of input arrival operations
 NON REPORTING     ===> Y           Plans for non reporting work station
 CURRENT PERIOD    ===> Y           Print current period results
 PLANNED RESOURCE  ===> Y           Planned resource utilization
 ACTUAL  RESOURCE  ===> Y           Actual  resource utilization
  12. Type the values shown, and press Enter.
  13. Enter the batch parameters as before to submit the job, and check the output for error messages.