Concepts

What the pieces of JAMS are and how they fit together.

JAMS is a workload automation platform designed to automate and enhance your organization’s batch processing capabilities across multiple platforms. Windows, UNIX, Linux, IBM i, and more can be easily tied together.

Understanding JAMS starts with understanding a few core concepts.

Jobs

The unit of work in JAMS: what to run, and the rules for running it.

Scheduling

How Jobs are triggered and use Dependencies, Named Times, and Date Types to control exactly when they execute.

Execution

Where a Job runs, and how much is allowed to run at once.

Orchestration

Composing Jobs that depend on each other.

Results

Tracking Jobs: Monitor and History.

Configuration and security

Credentials, Access Control Lists, and Connections.

Looking for a definition?

The Glossary lists every JAMS term in one place.