Automated job scheduling can greatly help with managing government regulations.
Are you working too hard in production control to keep up with SOX audits, HIPAA requirements, or any computer operation audit? Does your team spend a considerable amount of time assembling paper documents, filling out checklists, or manually updating run books? Do you have to work overtime to fulfill these requests? Preparing for audits around production control should not be this difficult.
In today's world of computer operations, there should be very little manual intervention required to provide the reports that prove you are running your nightly processing in a controlled fashion. One of the prime benefits of automated scheduling is the elimination of manual paperwork. Your job scheduling database should have the answers you need.
I recently visited a customer site where the operators were manually filling in a list of job names and their start and end times for management! Why? This is a complete waste of effort. Your job scheduler should provide a database you can query, and reports you can run, for your management team. After a quick two-minute demonstration, I was able to show the operator how to schedule a report job in Robot/SCHEDULE to produce this information automatically.
Job History Helps with SOX and Other Audits
Robot/SCHEDULE was developed by an auditor. Consequently, its database shows the past history of a job. You can access this database online, in a report, or through any query tool, such as SEQUEL. Figure 1 shows an example of the job completion history display.
Figure 1: Robot/SCHEDULE's Job Completion History is a complete record of job activity. (Click images to enlarge.)
Several predefined reports also help you access job history. The Job Completion History report is a chronological listing of jobs with dates and run times. Customers usually need this type of report for auditors or managers. You can even target this report for a particular application or group of jobs. The Good Morning Report provides a summary of batch processing, showing total jobs processed, jobs that ended abnormally, jobs deviating from their normal run time, and a list of the offending jobs. You can run the Good Morning Report for a single system or multiple systems (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: The Good Morning Report summarizes job activity for a system or a network.
Who Changed the Batch Process?
After working with Robot/SCHEDULE for 20-plus years, I can't even count the number of times I've heard someone blame Robot/SCHEDULE for running the wrong job or running a process out of order. Yet 99.99 percent of the time, it was someone on the staff who forced a job to run or put a job on hold. Robot/SCHEDULE's built-in audit log makes it easy to determine what happened (see Figure 3).
Figure 3: Use Robot/SCHEDULE Audit Log Summary to see who changed a job.
Robot/SCHEDULE Makes It Easy
Robot/SCHEDULE really helps you track the pulse of your critical nightly processing jobs, while its job monitors make it much easier to meet your service-level agreements (SLAs). Give Robot/SCHEDULE a FREE 30-day trial. You won't be disappointed! To learn more about Robot/SCHEDULE, click here. And, check out Help/Systems' other offerings in the MC Showcase Buyer's Guide.
More than ever, there is a demand for IT to deliver innovation. Your IBM i has been an essential part of your business operations for years. However, your organization may struggle to maintain the current system and implement new projects. The thousands of customers we've worked with and surveyed state that expectations regarding the digital footprint and vision of the company are not aligned with the current IT environment.
TRY the one package that solves all your document design and printing challenges on all your platforms. Produce bar code labels, electronic forms, ad hoc reports, and RFID tags – without programming! MarkMagic is the only document design and print solution that combines report writing, WYSIWYG label and forms design, and conditional printing in one integrated product. Make sure your data survives when catastrophe hits. Request your trial now! Request Now.
Forms of ransomware has been around for over 30 years, and with more and more organizations suffering attacks each year, it continues to endure. What has made ransomware such a durable threat and what is the best way to combat it? In order to prevent ransomware, organizations must first understand how it works.
Disaster protection is vital to every business. Yet, it often consists of patched together procedures that are prone to error. From automatic backups to data encryption to media management, Robot automates the routine (yet often complex) tasks of iSeries backup and recovery, saving you time and money and making the process safer and more reliable. Automate your backups with the Robot Backup and Recovery Solution. Key features include:
Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
LATEST COMMENTS
MC Press Online