PJS®
Personal Job Scheduler 
User’s Guide
Release 2.1
Related PJS Technical Documentation
Personal Job Scheduler (PJS®) Messages and Codes
Personal Job Scheduler (PJS®) Installation Guide
Personal Job Scheduler (PJS) 2.1.1 was released for distribution in April, 1992.
Personal Job Scheduler (PJS) 2.1.2 was released for distribution in November, 1992.
Personal Job Scheduler (PJS) 2.1.3 was released for distribution in October, 2002.
Personal Job Scheduler (PJS) 2.1.4 was released for distribution in February, 2004.
PJS is a registered trademark of Northrop Grumman.
MVS is a trademark and IBM®, OS/390®, RACF®, and z/OS® are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
Copyright © Northrop Grumman, 1990, 2004. All rights reserved.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the Invariant Sections being "PJS Software Copyright and License" and "GNU General Public License", with no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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2.3.4 Job Submission Date and Time
2.3.4.1 Start Date and Start Time
2.3.4.3 Next Run Date and Time
2.3.4.4 Last Run Date and Time
2.5.2 Events and Job Request Events
2.5.3 How to Post Events or Job Request Events
2.5.4 Preposted and Non Preposted Events
2.5.5 How to Reset Events or Job Request Events
2.6 PJS System Task Process Summary
3. PJS Specification Conventions
4.1.1.1 How to Specify an OWNER
4.1.1.2 How to Specify the Data Set Name
4.1.1.3 How to Use the PJS JCL Spool
4.1.1.4 How to Specify the Date of Submission
4.1.1.5 How to Specify the Time of Submission
4.1.1.6 How to Specify a Frequency Option
4.1.1.7 How to Specify an End Date
4.1.1.8 How to Specify an End Time
4.1.1.9 How to Specify Job Request Events
4.1.1.10 How to Post Job Request Events
4.1.1.11 How to Specify a Submit Window
4.1.1.12 How to Disable the Job Request
4.1.2.1 How to Specify the request ID
4.1.3.1 How to List One Job Request
4.1.3.2 How to List All Job Requests For an Owner
4.1.3.3 How to List All Job Requests
4.1.3.4 How to Specify the Amount of Displayed Information
4.1.4.1 How to Specify the request ID
4.1.4.2 How to Modify the Data Set Name
4.1.4.3 How to Use the PJS JCL Spool
4.1.4.4 How to Specify a New Date of Submission
4.1.4.5 How to Specify a New Time of Submission
4.1.4.6 How to Specify a New Frequency Option
4.1.4.7 How to Specify, Replace, or Delete an End Date
4.1.4.8 How to Specify, Replace, or Delete an End Time
4.1.4.9 How to Specify, Add, or Delete Job Request Events
4.1.4.10 How to Post Job Request Events
4.1.4.11 How to Reset Job Request Events
4.1.4.12 How to Specify, Replace, or Delete a Submit Window
4.1.4.13 How to Disable or Enable the Job Request
4.2.1.1 How to Specify the calendar ID
4.2.1.2 How to Select Dates by Inclusion
4.2.1.3 How to Select Dates by Exclusion
4.2.2.1 How to Specify the calendar ID
4.2.3.1 How to List One Calendar
4.2.3.2 How to List All Calendars for an Owner
4.2.3.3 How to List All Calendars
4.2.3.4 How to Specify the Amount of Displayed Information
4.2.4.1 How to Specify the calendar ID
4.2.4.2 How to Replace All Selected Dates by Inclusion
4.2.4.3 How to Replace All Selected Dates by Exclusion
4.2.4.4 How to Add Selected Dates to a Calendar
4.2.4.5 How to Delete Selected Dates from a Calendar
4.3.1.2 How to List All Events for an Owner
4.3.1.3 How to List All Events
4.3.2.1 How to Specify the event ID
4.3.3.1 How to Specify the event ID
5.2 PJS Job Request Panel System
5.2.4 Modify Job Request Panel
5.2.5 Specify Job Frequency Panel
5.2.6 Specify Job Request Events Panel
5.2.7 Delete Job Request Panel
5.2.8 Display Job Request Panel
5.2.9 Display Job Request Events Panel
5.3.8 Job Requests for Calendar Panel
5.4.6 Job Requests for Event Panel
6.3 How to Run a Job on the First Tuesday of Each Month
6.4 How to Run a Job That Depends on Another Job
6.5 How to Set Up Several Dependent Jobs
6.6 How to Run a Job Whenever CICS Terminates
6.7 How to Run a Weekly Job After a Daily Job
6.8 How to Run a Job After a Manual Operation
6.10 How to Enable a Failed Job Request
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Big jobs mean slow response. By day, most computer systems are clogged with requests for service; at night, many computers only run at a fraction of their capacity. The Personal Job Scheduler (PJS®) enables you to submit batch jobs on any day, at any time, as often as needed, under any circumstances.
Because PJS does not rely on scheduling specialists or system operators, the ability to schedule job submission is placed in your hands. When scheduling is decentralized, procedure and paperwork are eliminated, and scheduling errors decrease. With the ability to schedule big or small jobs whenever you need them, the Personal Job Scheduler helps you make full use of your computer at all times of the day or night.
This manual describes how to use PJS. It assumes that you need to create ad hoc job submissions and that you have some knowledge of IBM mainframes, TSO, ISPF/TSO, and job submission standards at your site.
If you need information on error messages and abend codes encountered during PJS use, please refer to the Personal Job Scheduler (PJS®) Messages and Codes manual. For more information on product installation and system options, please refer to the Personal Job Scheduler (PJS®) Installation Guide.
The following conventions are used in command formats throughout this manual:
BOLD UPPERCASE is used to display commands or keywords you must code exactly as shown, for example, SEND FILENAME.TXT.
italic lowercase is used to display information you must supply, for example, SEND filename.txt.
Underscores either show a default value in a command description, display a default value in a screen image, or represent a highlighted word in a screen image.
Brackets [ ] mean that you can select one of the items enclosed by the brackets; none of the enclosed items is required.
Braces { } mean that you must select one of the items enclosed by the braces.
Vertical Bar | separates options. One vertical bar separates two options, two vertical bars separate three options, and so on. You can select only one of the options.
Ellipsis . . . means that you can repeat the word or clause that immediately precedes the ellipsis.
PJS was written by Tim Henness
The original version of this manual was written by Matthew ???? and Tim Henness.
Extensive revisions have been made by Tim Henness
PJS Software Copyright and License
All PJS software is Copyright © Northrop Grumman, 1990, 2004. All rights reserved.
PJS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
PJS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
A copy of the GNU General Public License is included in the back of this book.
The author welcomes your comments and suggestions. He can be contacted at:
Tim Henness
Northrop Grumman IT
Internal Information Services
Bldg. 521-2
4101 Washington Ave.
Newport News, VA 23607
E-mail: Tim.Henness@ngc.com