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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.
Controlling and monitoring
Learn how to manage the workload when it becomes part of a plan and is run with real dates and times.
Monitoring the workload

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.
- Program Directory
- Dynamic Workload Console Readmes
  For the latest information about a Dynamic Workload Console fix pack, see the appropriate Readme File.
- Planning and Installation
- Customization and Tuning
- Managing the Workload
  You can plan when and how your workload runs and manage it as part of a plan.
  - About this publication
  - Planning and scheduling
    Learn how to organize your workload while it runs, and the dependencies among its parts.
  - Controlling and monitoring
    Learn how to manage the workload when it becomes part of a plan and is run with real dates and times.
    - Monitoring the workload
      - Exposing metrics to monitor your workload
        To control and monitor your workload, you can have HCL Workload Automation for Z expose a number of metrics about the status of your jobs. By further analyzing these values through a data analytics tool, such as AI Data Advisor (AIDA), you detect anomalies and anticipate failure or degradations.
      - Displaying operations with the Ready List panel
      - Using the ready list
      - The QCP panel
      - A business scenario
    - Updating the current plan
    - Handling operations that end in error
    - Monitoring special resources
    - Browsing a job log with IBM Tivoli Output Manager
    - Using Tivoli Business Service Manager
    - Reporting with HCL Workload Automation for Z
    - Sending an email when an alert condition occurs
    - Opening incidents through ServiceNow
      To have the Z controller open incidents through ServiceNow© and manage issues through a ticketing systems, you can use the Servicenow plug-in (available for z-centric agents on Automation Hub) or integrate HCL Workload Automation for Z with ServiceNow, as described in the following procedure.
    - Posting incidents and sharing information through a chat tool
    - Integrating with IBM Z JCL Expert
    - Using Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration
    - Using Tivoli Business Service Manager to monitor objects in the database
  - TSO commands
  - Batch programs
  - Report examples
  - Supported z/OS Commands
  - Status, error, and reason codes
  - Fields displayed in ready and error lists
  - Defining event rules and invoking EQQLSENT macro
  - HCL Workload Automation for Z ISPF variables allowed in the EQQAJCLE panel
- Scheduling End-to-end with z-centric Capabilities
- Quick Reference
- Diagnosis Guide and Reference
- Workload Automation Programming Language for z/OS User's Guide and Reference
- Driving HCL Workload Automation for Z

Monitoring the workload

All operations in the current plan are associated with a workstation. You can use HCL Workload Automation for Z panels to display the operations. For an overall view, you use the QUERY CURRENT PLAN panel (for a description of this panel, see The QCP panel). However, if you want to find out which operations are due to start or are already started at a workstation, use the workstation ready list.