Reldelay Override issue

[vinothini G]

Hi Team,

Could you please help in this..!

I am using,

JOB1              after it's run, delays 30minutes and then submits JOB2
JOB2             Runs
DELAYJOB    delays 10 minutes
RETRIG_JOB  retrigger from JOB1
and this pattern continues until 22:00


Using APPL Event trigger at 8:00                                           -->  APPL also having  standalone other jobs

JOB1
Reldelay 30 minutes
release JOB2

JOB2
Release(DELAYJOB)

DELAYJOB task self completing
ESPCMDNM AJ RETRIG_JOB RESET DELAYSUB('REALNOW PLUS 1O MIN')  
Release(RETRIG_JOB)
 
RETRIG_JOB self completing                           --> job stops retriggering at 22:00
abandon sub 22:00
RERUN ROOTJOB(JOB1+)                               --> Retriggering from JOB1 with downstream jobs)

Self-completing appl                                       --> To force complete all failed instance before start of next event
At 7:55 

i am using above steps.. but very 1st run of event trigger JOB1 releases JOB2 after 30 minutes. but in subsequent runs JOB1 releases JOB2 immediately without delaying 30 minutes.

May I know why this Reldelay overrides in this scenario? 

[Lucy Zhang]

Hi Vinothini,

As you may already figured out, this behaviour is working as designed, see the comment in the doc link below:
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/automation/ca-workload-automation-esp-edition/12-0/reference/commands/rerunm-command-rerun-multiple-jobs.html

Usage Notes:

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When you rerun a job, ESP ignores time dependencies that are coded in the job definition, such as RELDELAY statements.
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One possible alternative is to TRIGGER the event with ROOTJOBS option instead; and it will create new generations.

Hope this helps,

Lucy

[Jonas Dusil]

Hi Vinothini,

As Lucy pointed out, this is how the RERUNM command works.
For ESP it is more natural to re-trigger the event at generate a new generation of the job. You can re-trigger the EVENT as a last step of your application for example. (and use the ROOTJOBS as suggested)

If for some reason you really need to keep yourself in single generation, a procedure like this may work for you:


Use can use AJ command in a task before the job to USE RESET keyword to set the time anew (even for initial run)

APPL DELAYSUB                            
JCLLIB 'jcllib'          
                                         
JOB START TASK SELFCOMPLETING            
ESP AJ JOB1 APPL(DELAYSUB.%ESPAPGEN) -   
    RESET DELAYSUB('REALNOW PLUS 1 MIN') 
RELEASE JOB1                             
RUN ANY                                  
ENDJOB                                   
                                         
                                         
JOB JOB1                                 
MEMBER WAITJOB                           
RUN ANY                                  
RELEASE JOB2                             
ENDJOB                                   
                                         
JOB JOB2                                 
MEMBER WAITJOB                           
RUN ANY                                  
ENDJOB                                   
                                         
JOB HOLD TASK                            
RUN ANY                                  
ENDJOB                                   

You can use RERUNM command from page mode to try it out, you should see that JOB1 will be again set to wait based on the command issued by the task before it.

RERUNM APPLICATION(DELAYSUB.0) ROOTJOBS(START+)

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Jonáš Dusil
Product Owner | ESP Workload Automation | Mainframe Software Division
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