Workstation entries

An interactive job is a job that starts when a user signs on to a display station and ends when the user signs off. For the job to run, the subsystem searches for the job description, which may be specified in the workstation entry or the user profile.

The workstation entry guides the subsystem to prospective workstations. If a workstation is available, the subsystem sends a signon screen to the display.
Note: The subsystem description for the controlling subsystem must contain a workstation entry for the console, and that entry must be of type *SIGNON. (*SIGNON is a value for the AT parameter, specified on the Add Work Station Entry (ADDWSE) command.) The *SIGNON value indicates that the signon display is displayed at the workstation when the subsystem is started. This requirement ensures that the subsystem has an interactive device for entry of system and subsystem level commands. The End System (ENDSYS) command ends the iSeries™ licensed program to a single session (or signon display) at the console in the controlling subsystem. A subsystem description that does not contain a workstation entry for the console cannot be started as a controlling subsystem.
Related concepts
Autostart job entries
Communications entries
Job queue entries
Prestart job entries
Prestart jobs for servers
Related tasks
Add workstation entries
Change workstation entries
Remove workstation entries