Enterprise Applications
Development Guidelines and Procedures
Batch Job Documentation
Setup
This document is internal in all production batch jobs that is responsible for running. The following should be included in all batch jobs using the ('!#') comment command:- Job Name:
- System Name:
- Re-Run Clause:
- Required Setup Procedure:
- Output Instructions:
- Input Priorities and Output Priorities:
Name of job must match the name in the !JOB card and also the file name that the batch job is stored in. The name should be followed by a one line description prefaced by an '-~D' in order for the description to be added to the File Index System.
i.e. accounting, payroll, student information, ....
Indicates whether the job may or may not be re-run without contacting the analyst.
Includes any special instructions such as tape input, sequence dependency, which lines to modify, etc..
Bursting, distribution, special forms etc. See Appendix G for an example.
Input and output priorities should be used to help speed production processing and avoid confusion. (See Job Processing section for a list of priorities.)
Streamx '::' commands should be utilized to provide customer documentation and entry.
An example of a batch job may be found in Appendix E.