BMC Control-M Job Naming Standards
The format of the naming standards described below MUST be adhered to in order for Long Beach to view and access certain data. Control-M names, Scheduling tables, Calendar names and job prerequisite names must follow this naming convention.
Campus Identifier
Purpose
Due to security, the Campus Identifier is a mandatory field.
Important Note
The campus identifier is a mandatory field. Long Beach must use ‘LB’ as its campus identifier and provide UNISYS with this information. Any application starting with Lb_, lb_, or lB_ would not be able to be viewed by Long Beach.
Application
| Owner |
Application |
Connection Profile |
Functional Module |
| BMCAA |
LB_AcadAdvising |
CLBPRDAA |
Academic Advising |
| BMCAD |
LB_Admissions |
CLBPRDAD |
Admissions |
| BMCCC |
LB_CampusCom |
CLBPRDCC |
Campus Community |
| BMCFA |
LB_FinancialAid |
CLBPRDFA |
Financial Aid |
| BMCFA2 |
LB_FinancialAid |
CLBPRDFA2 |
Financial Aid 2 |
| BMCHR |
LB_HumanResources |
HLBPRDHR |
Human Resources |
| BMCSA |
LB_StuAdmin |
CLBPRDSA |
Student Administration |
| BMCSF |
LB_StuFinancials |
CLBPRDSF |
Student Financials |
| BMCSR |
LB_StuRecords |
CLBPRDSR |
Student Records |
Scheduling Table
The scheduling table must start with the Campus Identifier and Separator due to security.
Format
- Usage: Mandatory
- Length: 1-20 characters
- Blanks: Trailing only
| Field |
Example |
| Campus Identifier |
LB |
| Separator (underscore) |
_ |
| Environment – ‘P’ for Production, ‘T’ for test |
T |
| Separator (underscore) |
_ |
|
Run frequency of table:
- ‘0’ … for Sunday
- ‘1’ … for Monday
- ‘2’ … for Tuesday
- ‘3’ … for Wednesday
- ‘4’ … for Thursday
- ‘5’ … for Friday
- ‘6’ … for Saturday
- ‘7’ … for 7 days/week
- ‘d’ … for daily (Monday thru Friday)
- ‘s’ … for special
|
3 |
|
Name of BMC module that submitted job:
- ‘AA’ … for Academic Advising
- ‘AD’ … for Admissions
- ‘CC’ … for Campus Community
- ‘FA’ … for Financial Aid
- ‘FA2’ … for Financial Aid user ID BMCFA2
- ‘HR’ … for Human Resources
- ‘SA’ … for Student Administration
- ‘SF’ … for Student Financials
- ‘SR’ … for Student Records
|
FA2 |
| Process description (brief) |
FinAidEvenYr |
Example of a CSULB scheduling table: LB_P_dSRLoadSOC
- LB
- Long Beach campus identifier (required)
- _
- (separator)
- P
- Production environment
- _
- (separator)
- d
- daily table (jobs under this table will execute Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri)
- SR
- Student Records
- Load
- SOC Load schedule of classes
Group
Purpose
Provide the name of the group to which the job belongs. The group parameter is used for convenient and orderly management of groups of production jobs.
Calendar
The calendar must start with the Campus Identifier and Separator due to security.
Format
- Length: 1-10 characters
- Blanks: Trailing only
| Field |
Example |
| Campus Identifier |
LB |
| Separator (underscore) |
_ |
| Defined Name |
WORKDAY |
The following Control-M calendars have been defined for California State University, Long Beach:
| Calendar |
Control-M |
Type |
| LB_365DAYS |
CTMLB |
Relative/Regular
CSULB Master Calendar |
| LB_WORKDAY |
CTMLB |
Relative/Regular
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Confirmation calendar for HOLIDAY (Campus Closed) |
| LB_MAINT |
CTMLB |
Relative/Regular
UNISYS Monthly Maintenance Calendar |
| LB_GLCONF |
CTMLB |
Relative/Regular
Student Financials G/L Interface Confirmation Calendar |
| LB_FAREG |
CTMLB |
Relative/Regular
Financial Aid Regular Schedule Calendar |
Job Name
The Job Name must start with the Campus Identifier. All jobnames must be unique.
Purpose
Descriptive reference for a Job Processing definition.
Example
| Process Name |
SFPBCALC |
| Complete Job Name |
LBsfpbcalc |
Mem Name
Purpose
Use the same naming convention as Job Name.
Prerequisite Conditions
Purpose
A prerequisite condition is a user-defined, descriptive name given to a certain situation, or condition. Submission of a job for execution can be made dependent upon the existence of one or more prerequisite conditions (created either manually by the user or by other jobs).
By using the campus identifier “LB”, prerequisite conditions can be added or deleted either manually via the Enterprise Controlstation GUI, or by an application program using a supplied Control-M utility.
Format
Format (local conditions):
| Field |
Example |
| Job Name |
LBsfpbcalc |
| Separator (dash) |
- |
| Condition Status |
ENDED-OK or ENDED-NOTOK |
Sample print screen of CSULB prerequisite conditions using the Enterprise Controlstation GUI: