JPH05197571A - Schedule managing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the occurrence of a hang-up accident by providing the registration mechanism of a job, the execution mechanism of the job and a schedule managing data base file and managing/executing the job of a working station. CONSTITUTION:Jobs (1-n) 4, 5 and 6 are prepared, the jobs are registered 1, the jobs are executed 2 and the jobs are filed in the schedule managing data base file 3. The file 3 stores information on the job waiting for a schedule with the mechanism of the registration 1 of the job and the mechanism of the execution 2 of the job. When the processing of the job 1 is terminated, the execution mechanism of the job immediately deletes information on the job 1 from the schedule management data base file 3, and continuously processes the job 2 when the job 2 waiting for execution is still registered. The mechanism of the execution 2 of the job deletes information from the schedule managing data base file 3 after the execution of the job 2 is terminated and there is no job waiting for the schedule, whereby the execution mechanism of the job is terminated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a schedule management device, and more particularly to a job schedule management device in a workstation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional work station, when a plurality of processes are performed on the same work station, a plurality of programs cannot be executed at the same time because of a large number of programs that should not be executed at the same time or a program to be executed. If they cannot be executed at the same time, the person who uses the workstation waits for the currently running process to finish before submitting the job.

[0003]

In the conventional work station described above, each work station user must manage the jobs to be submitted.
There are a total of three drawbacks: the input data and the like may be rewritten by mistake, the work efficiency is poor, and the workstation may hang up due to concentration of jobs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, to provide a schedule management device in which erroneous rewriting of input data does not occur, work efficiency is improved, and a hang-up accident does not occur.

[0005]

The configuration of the job schedule management apparatus in the workstation of the present invention is as follows.
It comprises a job registration means, a job execution means, and a job schedule management database file.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the processing relationship of a schedule management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, in this embodiment, jobs 1 to 1 are
n (4, 5, 6) are prepared, job registration 1 and job execution 2 are performed, and the result is filed in the schedule management database file 3. The file 3 stores the information of the job waiting for the schedule by the job registration 1 mechanism and the Joff execution 2 mechanism.

2A and 2B are schematic flow charts of the embodiment of FIG.

In FIG. 2A, in the present embodiment, a process 201 is a process of registering in a schedule management database file, and a process 202 is a process of transferring control to execution of a registered job.

In FIG. 2B, a process 203 is a process for actually executing the job, and a process 204 is a process for deleting the information of the job which has been executed from the schedule management database file 3.

That is, in the process 205, a loop is made while there is job information in the schedule management database file 3, and the job in this file 3 is executed (process 203). Next, when the job execution is completed, the information of the executed job is deleted from the file 3 (Process 2
04).

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the processing of this embodiment over time.

In FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, first, in phase A, the user has registered (executed) job 1 through the job registration mechanism. At this time,
Since no other jobs are registered in the schedule management database file, the job registration mechanism transfers control to the job execution mechanism after registration of job 1.

Next, in the face B, the job 2 is registered. At this time, the workstation is still processing job 1.

Phase C shows immediately after the processing of job 1 is completed. When the processing of job 1 is completed, the job execution mechanism immediately erases the information of job 1 from the schedule management database file. Then, since the job 2 waiting to be executed is still registered, the job 2 is continuously processed.

Phase D shows immediately after the end of execution of job 2. The job execution mechanism deletes the information of job 2 from the schedule management database file. Since there is no job waiting for the schedule, the job execution mechanism ends.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example in which this embodiment is applied to job schedule management on a workstation under the service of a network file system.

In FIG. 4, this embodiment comprises a schedule management database file 42 in the server machine 40, a job registration mechanism 43, a job execution mechanism 44, and input / output data 401. The client machine 41 includes a job registration mechanism 45, a file 46, and input / output data 401.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a part of the schedule management database file 42 shown in FIG. 503, an output data file 504 on the client machine 41. This file 42 is the same as the file on the client machine 41 under the service of the network file system.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of job registration in this embodiment.

In FIG. 6, first, input data necessary for job execution is created on each client machine (601).
Then, a job execution command is created (602) and is registered in the schedule management database file under the network file system (603) using the job registration mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of job execution management in this embodiment.

In FIG. 7, first, on the server machine, the job execution mechanism is used to retrieve a job execution command from the schedule management database file (70
1), the extracted command is analyzed (702), the input data file on the client machine is transferred to the server machine according to the analysis result (703), and the job is executed by the job execution mechanism. When the job execution (705) ends, the output data file on the server machine is transferred to the client machine (704).

As described above, in a network environment, schedule management of job execution requests from client machines is prevented on the server machine, thereby preventing an increase in the disk capacity of the server machine and a hang-up due to a heavy load on the server machine. , Jobs on a workstation can be centrally managed on a server machine.

In contrast to the above-described conventional job management of the workstation, this embodiment allows the user of the workstation to easily manage the schedule of the job and to control so that the load on the workstation is not excessive. Have.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily input a job and improve work efficiency.
Further, there is an effect that the load on the workstation can be prevented from becoming excessive.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a processing relationship of a schedule management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are flow charts showing a rough flow of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the processing of the present embodiment over time.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of job management in a network environment according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of contents of a job management database file of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of job registration according to this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of job execution management of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Job Registration 2 Job Execution 3,42 Files 101 to 105 Processing 40 Server Machine 41 Client Machine 43 Job Registration Mechanism 44 Job Execution Mechanism 401 Input / Output Data 503 Input Data File 504 Output Data File

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A schedule management apparatus comprising: a job registration mechanism; a job execution mechanism; and a schedule management database file, for managing and executing a job of a workstation.