NetBatch Manual

NetBatch Manual—522460-004
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Glossary
access privileges. Screen and function usage rights assigned by the system administrator
to NetBatch-Plus users on a series of three linked screens: Security Supervise, Screen
Security, and Utility Security.
ad hoc job. A job selected from a list of job names displayed on the Ad Hoc Job Selection
screen. You can submit the selected job for execution from either the Ad Hoc Job
Selection screen or Job Definition screen. You can also create a temporary copy of the
selected job and then submit that copy as a one-off job. See also one-off job.
application. A set of programs designed to perform a specific task, usually involving
specified operations on a database. For example, the NetBatch-Plus application
consists of programs allowing you to set up and control NetBatch schedulers and their
objects. You can also use the NetBatch-Plus programs to define and store job
descriptions in the NetBatch-Plus database and submit, in a single operation, many
related jobs for execution by NetBatch schedulers.
ASSIGN. A parameter that assigns the name of an actual file to a logical file name in a
program and optionally specifies the creation attributes of the file.
attachments. A collective name for catalog and job ASSIGNs, PARAMs, and DEFINEs.
BATCHCOM. The program name of the NetBatch command interpreter.
BPROC. The former name of NBEXEC, the NetBatch executor program. See NBEXEC.
bulk job selection criteria. The criteria by which the bulk submit program selects a job for
inclusion in a bulk submit run.
bulk submit. A NetBatch-Plus job selection and submission method enabling you to select
and submit up to 2500 jobs at a time to NetBatch schedulers.
bulk submit control job. A job that submits the jobs in a bulk submit run to their respective
schedulers. You specify control job parameters on the Bulk Submit Environment
screen.
bulk submit environment. An environment that specifies the NetBatch scheduler and the
class, owner, and default OUT attribute for the bulk submit control job. Also specifies
the time interval that determines the retention period for temporary output files created
during bulk submit runs. This interval also determines the number of days
before execution that you can schedule those runs.
calendar category. A set of bulk submit selection dates identified by a unique name.
catalog attachment. An ASSIGN, PARAM, or DEFINE that several jobs in the
NetBatch-Plus database can share. You define catalog attachments on the Catalog
Attachments screens.