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Field Descriptions
You can combine frequency options when you want to specify a frequency you cannot
specify by entering an option on its own. For example, there is no single option you can
use to specify the last Friday of each month. To specify these Fridays, combine options
M, –n, and day in the form M/–6/FRI.
When you combine options, you must specify them in order of frequency, with longer
frequencies coming before shorter frequencies. For example, year must come before
month, month before day of the month, and day of the month before day of the week.
The exceptions are +n and –n, which you can use to qualify any option. You must
separate combined options with a diagonal (/). More examples of combined options
are:
A, D, or U
Use the fields in the A, D, or U column to indicate the maintenance functions you want
to perform on the corresponding dates. The NetBatch-Plus application executes these
functions when you press F6–Maintain. The field options are:
M Specifies a monthly frequency occurring at month-end (31 January, 28 February
(leap years 29 February), 31 March, … 31 December). You can also specify this
frequency by specifying 31 as the value for option n.
mth Specifies the first of the month where mth is the first three characters of the month
name. For example, JAN specifies the first of January; DEC specifies the first of
December. You can combine this option with option n to specify a day other than the
first of the month. For example, JAN/18 specifies the eighteenth of January.
Q[n] Specifies a quarterly frequency occurring at month-end n months after the end of
each quarter (31 March, 30 June, 30 September, and 31 December). n can be 1 or
2. For example, Q specifies a quarterly frequency occurring at the end of March,
June, September, and December; Q2 specifies the end of February, May, August,
and November.
Y[n] Specifies a yearly frequency occurring at month-end n months after year-end
(31 December). n is an integer in the range 1–11. For example, Y specifies a yearly
frequency occurring at the end of December; Y6 specifies the end of June.
+n Specifies a frequency in days where n is an integer in the range 1–32767. For
example, +7 specifies a frequency of once a week; +14 specifies a fortnightly
frequency. You cannot combine other frequency options with this option if it is the
first entry in the field.
–n Specifies the number of days to subtract from another frequency option. n is an
integer in the range 1–32767. For example, M/-5 specifies a monthly frequency
occurring five days before month-end. You cannot specify this option on its own.
M/MON The first Monday after month-end
10/FRI The first Friday after the tenth of the month
5/–7/WED The Wednesday in the seven-day period before the fifth of the month
APR/26 The twenty-sixth of April