JPH09288525A - Job starting management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system which automatically starts a job by registering the job that is to be started on respective processing days and can output results as termination reports by providing a specified storage part, an input/output display part, a starting time judgment means, a starting state judgment means and a job starting management means. SOLUTION: The storage part 5 has a management information area 3 into which management information on the job 2 is written and a job information area 4 into which information on the job 2 is written. The input/output display part 6 outputs/displays the stored content of the storage part 5 and inputs/ indicates a change content. The starting time judgment means 7 judges starting time and the starting state judgment means 8 judges a starting state. The job starting management means 11 receives judged results from the starting time judgment means 7 and the starting state judgment means 8, reads information on the job 2 becoming the object of management from the job information area 4 and starts the pertinent job 2. A printing means 12 receives an indication from the job starting management means 11 and outputs the judged results 9 and 10 and an operation result after the job is started.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a job activation management system, and more particularly, to a job activation system that uses an office computer to automatically check batch activation conditions and determine whether or not they can be activated, and perform unattended 24-hour operation. Regarding management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a conventional job activation management system, for example, an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-2741717.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of this device. The job management unit 23 and the schedule management unit 21 store all jobs scheduled to be executed and the execution schedule for each processing date in the job management file 24 and the schedule management file 22 according to a registration instruction from the input device 27. to register. The close instruction creation / output unit 25 acquires from the date management file 22 the job identifiers of all the jobs to be started on the first processing day of the period specified by the input device 27, and the job contents corresponding to each job identifier. And the comment are acquired from the job management file 24. Next, the contents and comments of each job are analyzed and the information necessary to be described in the close instruction such as the type of external medium used by each job is obtained. Then, the obtained information is edited into a predetermined format and registered in the close instruction sheet management file 26. After creating the closing instruction form for one processing day, the closing instruction form creating / outputting unit 25 performs the same processing for the remaining processing days within the designated period, and finishes creating the closing instruction form for all the processing days. Then, those close instructions registered in the close instruction management file 26 are read out and output from the output device 28. The job execution unit 31 responds to the instruction from the input device 27 by setting the system date and time and the file 2
Based on the contents of 2 and 24, all the jobs on the processing day are executed. The status management file 41 collects the execution status of each job and records it in the status management file 42, and the end report creation / output unit 32 creates an end report based on the contents of the status management file 42 and outputs it from the output device 28. It is designed to output.

[0003]

In the conventional job activation management system described above, the job execution unit 31 has the input device 27.
In response to an instruction from the operator (instruction from the operator), all the jobs on the processing date are executed based on the system date and time and the contents of the files 22 and 24. Each job is executed individually according to the close instruction written by the user, and when all the jobs that should be started on the processing day have finished executing, the normal end and abnormal end of each job are distinguished and the start time and end time are Compared with the method of filling in the above close instruction form and returning it to the requester, it is a great improvement, but still this is because the operator is still attached to the job start management system, Since the startup operation has to be performed, if there is a risk of system malfunction due to operator's misjudgment or operation mistake, or if night processing is required, There is a problem in that there is a limitation of the burden is large, and the like.

An object of the present invention is to automatically start a job without an operator by registering a job to be started on each processing day in advance according to an annual or monthly schedule, and report the result to the end report. Output as
It is to provide a job activation management system with less human burden.

[0005]

A job activation management system according to the present invention includes a storage section having a management information area for writing information for managing jobs and a job information area for writing information about the jobs. An input / output display unit that outputs and displays the stored contents of the storage unit and inputs an instruction to change the contents, a startup time determination unit that determines the startup time, a startup state determination unit that determines the startup state, and the startup time determination unit. And a job activation management unit that receives the determination result from the activation state determination unit, obtains information about the job to be managed from the job information area of the storage unit, activates the corresponding job, and controls the entire system. It is a composition.

In the job activation management system of the present invention, the job activation monitoring interval, system operating state, and initialization time may be written in the management information area of the storage unit.

In the job activation management system of the present invention, the job information area of the storage unit may include a job name, a job storage location, and a job activation condition.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

The job activation management system 1 of the present invention includes a management information area 3 in which information for managing the job 2 is written.
And a job information area 4 for writing information about a job, an input / output display unit 6 for outputting and displaying the storage contents of the storage unit 5 and inputting a change, and a start time for determining a start time. The determination unit 7, the startup state determination unit 8 for determining the startup state, the determination results 9 and 10 from the startup time determination unit 7 and the startup state determination unit 8, and the target of management from the job information area 4 of the storage unit 5. The job activation management unit 11 that reads out the information about the job 2 and activates the job 2, and the printing unit 12 that receives the instructions from the job activation management unit 11 and outputs the determination results 9 and 10 and the operation result after the job activation. It has and.

Here, in the management information area 3 of the storage unit 5,
Start monitoring interval 13, which is the time interval (unit: seconds) for monitoring job startup, system operating status 14, and initialization time 1
5 and the job information area 4 of the storage unit 5 are provided with areas for writing the job name 16, the job storage location 17, and the job activation condition 18, respectively. Further, the job 2 includes the program 19 which is the function of the job 2 itself, and the start / end output means 20 which outputs the start and end of the program 19. In addition, as other conditions, the start condition for the job 2 written in the job start condition 18 is the first designation by the time zone, and the start target job 2 can be started in the state written in the system operating state 14. The second designation, the first designation, and the second designation that are the same
The following three types of designations can be made, and this designation can be made for each job 2 to be started.

Next, the operation will be described.

When the operation is started, the job activation management means 1
1 reads the management information area 3 and the job information area 4 from the storage unit 5 at the intervals written in the activation monitoring interval 13.
When the read job activation condition 18 is the first designation according to the activation time zone, the job activation management unit 11
Calls the activation time determination means 7. Starting time determination means 7
Determines whether the current time is within the time zone registered in the job activation condition 18 and the job 2 to be activated has not already been activated within the activation time zone by the system operating state 14, and the determination result 9 is obtained. It is delivered to the job activation management means 11.
Further, when the read job activation condition 18 is the second designation on the condition that the job can be activated, the job activation management means 11 calls the activation state determination means 8. The activation state determination unit 8 determines whether or not the job 2 to be activated, which is registered in the job activation condition 18, is in the activation enabled state, based on the system operation state 14, and delivers the determination result 10 to the job activation management unit 11. Further, when the read job activation condition 18 is the third designation, the job activation management unit 11 sequentially calls the activation time determination unit 7 and the activation state determination unit 8. The start-up time determination means 7 and the start-up state determination means 8 perform the same operation as that described above, and the determination result 9,
10 is delivered to the job activation management means 11.

The job activation management means 11 determines the judgment result 9,
If 10 is true, job name 16 and job storage location 17
Based on the above, the job 2 to be started is started and the fact that the job 2 is started is output to the printing unit 12. Further, the job activation management means 11 determines that the system operating state 14 is the job activation condition 18 when the activation condition is the third designation of simultaneous designation.
If the job 2 to be activated, which is registered in step 2, cannot be activated in the activation time zone, the fact is output to the printing means 12.

The job 2 started by the job start management means 11 is described in JCL (job control language), and the start / end output means 20 sets the start and end of the program 19 of the job 2 in the system operating state 14. Output.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, a storage section having a management information area for writing information for managing jobs and a job information area for writing information about jobs, and a storage section of this storage section. An input / output display unit for displaying and displaying the stored contents and inputting a change content, a startup time determination unit for determining the startup time, a startup state determination unit for determining the startup state, a startup time determination unit and a startup state determination unit By providing a job start management unit that receives information about the job to be managed from the job information area of the storage unit that receives the determination result from the storage unit and starts the corresponding job, each processing date is preliminarily set according to the annual or monthly schedule. Jobs that should be started up are automatically registered, jobs are automatically started without an operator, and the results are output as an end report, which is a human burden. An effect that can be reduced there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional job activation management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Job Activation Management System 2 Job 3 Management Information Area 4 Job Information Area 5 Storage Section 6 Input / Output Display Section 7 Startup Time Determining Section 8 Activation Status Determining Section 9 and 10 Determination Result 11 Job Activation Management Section 12 Printing Section 13 Startup Monitoring Interval 14 System Operating State 15 Initialization Time 16 Job Name 17 Job Storage Location 18 Job Start Condition 19 Program 20 Start End Output Means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit having a management information area in which information for managing a job is written and a job information area in which information about the job is written; An input / output display section for inputting an instruction, a start time determination means for determining a start time, a start state determination means for determining a start state, a determination result from the start time determination means and the start state determination means, and the storage A job activation management system, comprising: a job activation management unit that obtains information about a job to be managed from a job information area of a certain unit, activates the job, and controls the entire system. 2. The job activation management system according to claim 1, wherein the job activation monitoring interval, the system operating state, and the initialization time are written in the management information area of the storage unit. 3. The job activation management system according to claim 1, wherein the job information area of the storage unit includes a job name, a job storage location, and a job activation condition.