Small product enhancements

For some versions of IBM Z Workload Scheduler, new features were added via PTF as Small Product Enhancements (SPEs). Some SPEs can modify the structure of data within IBM Z Workload Scheduler and Batch Loader. Support for these features can be turned on selectively.

The following additional features were added to version 8.2:

WLM: Workload Manager Scheduling Environment integration
PEND: ACTIVE and PENDING support added to BCIT and BATCH LOADER
SA: System Automation Integration

The following additional features were added to version 8.3:

JCLV: JCL Variable improvements
VIWS: Virtual Workstations
IP: TCP/IP connection for IBM Z Workload Scheduler started tasks

Although there is no IBM Z Workload Scheduler version 8.4, because the following version is 8.5, setting a version 8.4 within Workload Automation Programming Language allows you to use all post 8.3 SPEs that were released before version 8.5.

The following additional feature was added to version 8.5.1:

USRF: Operation User Fields

To list Small Product Enhancements, use the SHOW SPE command.

To turn on an SPE delivered feature use OPTIONS SPE, as in the following example:

OPTIONS SPE(WLM,PEND)

To turn off an SPE delivered feature, turned on earlier in the session use OPTIONS SPE; for example, OPTIONS SPE(WLM=N).

Any options added to an earlier version by SPE are automatically included in later versions. Therefore WLM, PEND, and SA are automatically included in version 8.3 and later, JCLV and VIWS are automatically included in version 8.5 and later.

Using OPTIONS SPE to turn on an SPE that is automatically available for that release is ignored. Using OPTIONS SPE to turn on an SPE that is not eligible for use with the version of IBM Workload Scheduler you are running, generates an error.

Note: If you use the OPTIONS SUBSYS keyword to create subsystem-specific OPTIONS members, the SPE keyword must be maintained within these members, because the relevant enhancements are installed on each subsystem.