Set up a scheduling calendar

Set up a calendar of selected days for scheduling a job or job group. This calendar can specify the dates to be used for scheduling a job, or it can be used in conjunction with other schedules.

A scheduling calendar is a calendar of selected days that you can use for scheduling a job or job group. You can display scheduling calendars, add a new scheduling calendar, add a new scheduling calendar based on an existing one, or remove an existing calendar, provided it is not in use by a currently scheduled job.

You can select a calendar and display its properties to make changes. When you select a calendar, the details of the calendar are displayed under Details.

To set up a scheduling calendar, follow these steps:

Open Work Management from your iSeries Navigator window.
Right-click Advanced Job Scheduler and click Properties.
On the General page, click Calendars.
On the Scheduling Calendars page, click New.
Specify a Name.
In the Description field, specify text that describes the calendar.
Choose a Reference calendar if applicable. This is a calendar that was previously set up, and its properties will be applied to the new calendar as if you merged the two calendars. You will not have reference calendars if this is your first time using the Advanced Job Scheduler.
Select the dates that you want to include on your calendar. You must specify whether each date you have selected is for the current year or for every year in the Selected date field, before you can add another date to the calendar. Otherwise, any date you select will be deselected when you click a different date.
Specify if you want certain days of the week to be included on the calendar.