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Ihave a job X which should run only if jobs A, B, C, D and E are finished. The problem is that jobs A, B, C, D and E will run only if there input files has data in it. Atleast one of the jobs will run but not sure which one.So I am not sure how should I put the dependency in scheduler to run job X. Is there anyway we can do it in scheduler or through JCL?

Which scheduler is used? What have your scheduling people told you?

Thanks for looking into it.We have CA7 scheduler. I could find a work around for it. I am putting a empty file check step in jobs A,B,C,D and E so these jobs will be executed everytime and then putting there dependency on job X. So once A,B,C,D and E are finished I will run job X.
So I don't have to go to scheduling people for this.

Most places it is the schedulers who update the schedule database and JCL because only authorised people should touch production. If you are doing this yourself then I assume this is for a testing system.

vishaljain wrote:Ihave a job X which should run only if jobs A, B, C, D and E are finished. The problem is that jobs A, B, C, D and E will run only if there input files has data in it. Atleast one of the jobs will run but not sure which one.So I am not sure how should I put the dependency in scheduler to run job X. Is there anyway we can do it in scheduler or through JCL?

This is the inference I can make from what you've posted:

At IF, there is an "AND" involved for all the Jobs in question which means X can execute only when all these Jobs are executed but, per the bold text from above quoted-text -- you say "atleast one of the jobs will run" -- so what is it -- "Atleast one" or "All of them". It can't be both, you understand, yes?