Prompt
A prompt identifies a text message that is displayed to the operator and halts processing of the job or job stream until an affirmative answer is received (either manually from the operator or automatically by an event rule action). After the prompt is replied to, processing continues. You can use prompts as dependencies in jobs and job streams. You can also use prompts to alert an operator that a specific task was performed. In this case, an operator response is not required.
There are the following types of prompt:
- global or named
- A prompt that is defined in the database as a scheduling object. It is identified by a unique name and can be used by any job or job stream.
- local or ad-hoc
- A prompt that is defined within a job or job stream definition. It does not have a name, and it is not defined as a scheduling object in the database, therefore it cannot be used by other jobs or job streams.
- recovery or abend
- A special type of prompt that you define to be used when a job ends abnormally. The response to this prompt determines the outcome of the job or job stream to which the job belongs. A recovery prompt can also be associated to an action and to a special type of job called a recovery job.
For information about how to define prompts, see "Defining scheduling objects" in the User's Guide and Reference.