Future Scheduling estimates.

[BreakFix]

Hi Guys,

If we need to estimate how many jobs are likely to be schedule in the future, tomorrow or next week for example, do I have to use Forecast?

Or is this feature available in Control-M reports 'out-of-the-box'?

Audit are all over me like a cheap suit. Historical reports using the WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION template may not be enough to keep them happy.

[Walty]

Hi,

If you don't have implemented <forecast> you can use the <ctmrpln> utility.
The ctmrpln utility creates a report that lists selected jobs in selected Scheduling tables, and indicates when the jobs are scheduled to run.
It enables you to test the effect of different calendars on job scheduling.
The montly report can give you an objective vue about your scheduling :

ctmrpln mj y <your_scheduling_table> "*" 201002

And you see all scheduled jobs in <your_scheduling_table> for february 2010.

[BreakFix]

Thanks a lot!

I had a go with this, it's a great little CMD and does do what you promised.

The Schedule Table variable is a bit restrictive for me, my developers are also using *A LOT* of tables so it becomes quite labour intensive. My basic requirement is to figure out how many jobs will be ordered in on a future date. The output from the command is really verbose, perhaps too verbose for me. A flat figure would be better.

But still, i am a lot better off for using this CMD but I won't be making a habit of using it for daily forecasting.