SUMMARY:   This course provides an advanced look into the definition and setup of an efficient CA-7. Students taking this course can be expected to work on CA-7 in an efficient manner immediately upon course completion. AUDIENCE:   Any personnel who will be scheduling or supporting a production workload through CA-7. Primarily, this course is aimed at Production Support and Job Schedulers, but can include Programmers as well as the User Community. PREREQUISITES:   A basic understanding of CA-7 concepts is required. Students are also expected to have a general understanding of JCL, JES2 and the z/OS Operating System. DURATION:   2 Days APPROACH:   It has been designed in a 'Hands-On' format to allow for quicker assimilation of the material presented and greater retention of the ideas presented. If the 'Hands-On' format is not possible, then the course can be presented in a lecture format. OBJECTIVES:   Enhance the current scheduling definitions Work with the latest features of CA-7 Database Transportability (DBT) CA-Driver Automated Recovery Facility (ARF) Use JCL to improve job definition turnaround time Automate job input Define alternate job stream paths COURSE CONTENT:   The course will consist primarily of online work (if possible) used in conjunction with the documentation to aid in the learning process. Material covered in the text includes: CA-7 Understanding the current setup Schedule IDs (SCHIDs) Job definitions JCL CONTROL The External Communicators The Batch Terminal Interface (BTI) Database Transportability (DBT) Scheduled JCL Overrides #SCC Statements ADVANCED SCHEDULING Creating a Base Calendar Scheduling Philosophy Defining Job Streams CA-7 ENHANCEMENTS CA-Driver Conditional Dependencies Automated Recovery Facility     HW/08