Duration
3 hours
Overview
This introductory course is designed to familiarize participants with the functionality of BMC Control-M Workload Automation 9.0. The course includes information on how to use the BMC Control-M Workload Automation interface to monitor and manage an environment, including details on how to use Workspaces to create and schedule the job definitions for an environment and Viewpoints to review and monitor job status details.
Course Objectives
- Navigate and perform common functions in the Control-M Workload Automation interface
- Use Workspaces to organize job definitions
- Create basic job definitions
- Define basic job scheduling criteria
- Create and use job calendars
- Define job and folder parameter settings
- Specify dependencies between job definitions
- Specify post-processing actions and notifications for job definitions
- Use of Viewpoints for the monitoring of a Control-M environment
- Create and apply filters to customize the content of a Viewpoint
- Perform various actions on jobs, including modifying job properties, rerunning a job, or confirming a job
- Use analysis functionality to control and analyze job flow
- Order jobs from Control-M Workload Automation
Target Audience
- BMC Control-M Schedulers
- Batch Operators
Prerequisite
None
Course Modules
Module 1: Introduction to Control-M Workload Automation
» Accessing Control-M Workload Automation
» Control-M Workload Automation Overview
» Working in Control-M Workload Automation
Module 2: Creating a Job Workflow
» Introduction to Workspaces
» Specifying Job and Folder Properties
» Basic Job Scheduling
» Introduction to Calendars
Module 3: Defining Job Dependencies and Actions
» Creating Job Dependencies
» Specifying Notifications and On-Do Actions
» Adding Jobs to the Active Environment
Module 4: Monitoring Your Environment
» Exploring Viewpoints
» Using Filters in a Viewpoint
» Accessing Job Details
» Finding Jobs in a Viewpoint
Module 5: Performing Job Actions
» Controlling Job Execution
» Analyzing Job Flow
» Ordering Jobs from a Viewpoint
» Accessing Alert Information
Course Assessment
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.