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HCL Workload Automation for Z
Welcome to the HCL Workload Automation for Z documentation, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use the product.
Managing the Workload
You can plan when and how your workload runs and manage it as part of a plan.
Planning and scheduling
Learn how to organize your workload while it runs, and the dependencies among its parts.
Defining applications in batch
Mass update or batch loader?

Mass update or batch loader?

There are two utilities that process applications in batch; the batch loader and the mass update utility. For detailed information, see Comparison of batch loader (BL) and mass update (MU).

Table 1. Comparison of batch loader (BL) and mass update (MU)
If you want to …	BL	MU
Maintain a sequential data set with your application descriptions, group definitions, and operator instructions.	✓
Change application descriptions in batch.	✓	✓
Change group definitions or operator instructions in batch.	✓
Make changes to application descriptions conditional on the original values of options and attributes.		✓
Produce a report showing all applications that have specified values in certain fields.		✓
Note: If you want to create only operator instructions in batch, you can use the batch program EQQOIBLK. For details, see Layout of the operator instruction data set.