Introduction to driving IBM Workload Automation

Provides an overview of the entire publication.

Developer's Guide: Driving IBM Workload Automation describes the application programming interfaces which you can use to drive IBM Workload Automation products from your own applications.

Use the REST API application programming interface to create your own GUI or command-line interface to perform all the functions of the command-line programs composer, conman, and planman and the Dynamic Workload Console. This includes performing the following tasks in IBM Workload Scheduler and IBM Z Workload Scheduler:
  • Modifying objects in the database
  • Submitting workload
  • Monitoring the plan
  • Performing actions on the plan, such as remedial actions in the event that a job fails
The information about the application programming interfaces is organized as follows: