Scheduling Jobs on a Grid

Using the scheduling capabilities, you can specify that jobs are submitted to the grid when a certain time has been reached or after a specified file or job event has occurred (such as a specified file being created).
To schedule a job to run on a grid, follow these steps:
  1. Deploy the job for scheduling.
    Some SAS applications, such as SAS Data Integration Studio, include an option to deploy jobs for scheduling. If you want to schedule an existing SAS job, use the Deploy SAS DATA Step Program option in the Schedule Manager plug-in of SAS Management Console.
  2. Use the Schedule Manager plug-in in SAS Management Console to add the job to a flow.
    A flow contains one or more deployed jobs as well as the schedule information and time, file, or job events that determine when the job runs.
  3. Assign the flow to a scheduling server and submit the flow for scheduling.
    You must assign the flow to a Platform Process Manager scheduling server in order for the scheduled job to run on the grid.
For detailed information about scheduling, see Scheduling in SAS.