ESP Workload Automation

I have some jobs that cannot execute at certain hours, using the REEXEC to reset the execute time. I now have one if its after 6pm it should not execute until the next day at 6am. Tried;

IF ESPATIME>'18.00.00' THEN REEXEC AT('06.00 PLUS 1 DAY')

Went into a subdelay, never reset the time, never ran. What is the proper coding?

Thanks

Diane

Have you thought about using a resource to do this?  You could set up a task that would deplete at 6PM and then renew at 6AM.  The only problem with this is that your REEXEC will continue to insert / or submit jobs while the resource is depleted, leaving you with a bunch of jobs that would go into RESWAIT while the resource is depleted, then execute all at once when the resource is available again at 6AM. 

The way to handle this would be to create an app that contains your job, followed by a task that waits for an hour then triggers the event again.  Of course, you would not use a SCHEDULE statement in your event.  The result would be a job that runs every hour while the resource is available (6AM) until it becomes unavailable at 6PM.  You will only have one generation of the app in RESWAIT.  It will stay in that state overnight until the resource is renewed.  It will then run, wait an hour, and trigger like normal.  In our environment, we keep the tasks that deplete and renew the resource in a separate application.  Here's an example:

APPL TIMEAPP

JOB <your resource name>.UNAVAIL TASK SELFCOMPLETING
ESPNOMSG  RESDEF <your resource name>SET AVAIL(0)  
RUN WORKDAYS                              
DELAYSUB 18:00                            
ENDJOB                                    
                                          
JOB <your resource name>.AVAIL TASK SELFCOMPLETING  
ESPNOMSG  RESDEF <your resource name> SET AVAIL(1)  
RUN WORKDAYS                              
DELAYSUB 0                         
ENDJOB

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APPL <app name> POST_OLDEST WAIT

NT_JOB <job name>
   RUN TODAY                                
   AGENT agentname
   CMDNAME \\path\to\script
ENDJOB                                      

JOB START TASK SELFCOMPLETING  
 RUN DAILY                     
 RELDELAY 60                   
 ESPNOMSG TRIGGER <app/event name> ADD 
 AFTER ADD(<job name>)           
ENDJOB               

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Hope this helps!

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