NetBatch-Plus Reference Manual

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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.
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 program name of NBEXEC, the NetBatch NonStop 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 letting you select and
submit, to NetBatch schedulers, up to 2500 jobs at a time.
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. 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.
catalog DEFINEs. See DEFINE.
category. See calendar category and selection category.