Function

When the current plan is extended, an application might start immediately if the external predecessors did not resolve correctly and there are no time dependent or manual operations within the application. The EQQWXNOE function provides you with a safety net to help avoid some of these sort of "escapee" applications running when they were not expected.

The premise of the function is that you run the job immediately before the current plan extend job, telling it how long an extension is about to be made to the plan; the EQQWXNOE function will identify any occurrences that could run immediately when the current plan is extended. In this case, EQQWXNOE fails with RC=8 causing the current plan extend to be delayed until it can be investigated and corrected.

Note: Even with this check in place, some operations might start early, that are not “behind” the external predecessor, time dependency or manual operation, but at least part of the application will be held by at least one of these elements. EQQWXNOE will identify only occurrences that have no delaying factors at all.