Command Request Interface

This interface uses an automation workstation and the TWS exit EQQUXSAZ to pass a command request via the NetView PPI to SA z/OS.

Automation workstations can make full use of the TWS scheduling capabilities: they can have predecessor links, time dependencies and special resources.

A TWS user can use the command request interface to issue free-format SA z/OS or NetView commands (up to 255 characters) from the TWS application description panels. The command must be pipeable. Other information can be specified that is necessary to execute the command (the automated function and security element name) and to return whether or not the command executed successfully (maximum wait time, maximum acceptable return code, user-supplied completion checking routine).

This gives the user the ability to manipulate application groups or monitoring resources in the same way as for subsystems, providing out-of-box integration with no installation setup being required. It allows for the definition of automation requests in TWS without the need for the SA z/OS policy database to be updated.