Hey, I have a question: What types of custom information would you find most valuable to track or filter on using Custom Fields? 

I can think of one use case, where if you had a large application, and you wanted to break that down into smaller chunks to better monitor that application.  So an example would be an Application like PAYROLL,  I could create a new field called APP2 and put in the value like PAYD - For Payroll Daily,  PAYW - Payroll Weekly, PAYM - Payroll Monthly. 

Hey,  I wanted to ask: Can you share any tips or best practices for organizing Zeke jobs and events at scale? 

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Hey, I was wondering what is a feature in Zeke that a lot of users don't know about? And how does this feature benefit users? 

Is there a way to get predecessors and successors via batch utility currently or in the future in particular in one job all together too? 

Best way is to use the APPLICATION / GROUP fields to manage large applications.   This way you can sort of those fields.

If you have migrated and started using the Zeke web Server and are using the browser, you can create Custome Views, these views will filter on fields like the Group, Application, Jobname etc.  These views once created are perm to your profile.  Every time you log off and on, they will come.  In a future release of the Web Server, these views will be sharable. 

Using the batch utility program, you can run a PATH report.  We a recent release you can now run the PATH command with a future date, like running a forecast, it will show you the SUCC/PRED of the entire job flow. 

I'm including the link to the manual for the Zeke Path command:

https://docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle/zeke_705/page/jfn1652708769158.html

One of your newest features is EMAIL notifications, using an EMAIL task, you can now send out an email if an event ABENDS / Completes successfully.  You do need to have a zAgent installed.  Zeke can also do FTP/SFTP now using the same zAgent . 

Welcome to our first AMA! It'll take place May 29, 10-11 a.m. EST

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Martyna Uleviciute
Customer Community Manager
muleviciute@rocketsoftware.com
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We have a number of job streams that are scheduled to run multiple times a day, recur is more than 1.  These events refresh themselves whether they complete successfully or fail. How can we better note that a job failed and handle a possible rerun?  Is having an SCOM/ZCOM to rebuild the job stream to run again better than having the events run multiple times? 

For some of our accounts there will be need for a distributed version of Zeke.   

Would that be Zena and/or Enterprise Orchestrator (includes job scheduling and that was built using Zena)?

Is there a conversion process from Zeke to Zena? 

That depends on how you want to handle these job streams, Multiple reoccurring jobs are good way to run a job stream multiple times a day, If it's only once or twice, then its best practice to just set up separate job streams and use the EVENT NAME to control the triggering of the jobs.  If the streams runs more than that, then recurring jobs are a good way to go.  you can use an EMAIL task to notify you that an event has failed. 

Also if you have the Zeke Exit that interfaces with a ticketing system, you can automatically cut tickets, just remember this is a USER EXIT.  We allow for these exits but we do not support them because they are maintained by the user/client.   

If you have the Zeke Web Browser installed, you can do RestAPI calls to a ticketing system as well to cut tickets.  

Hi Kevin

You are correct that Zena and Enterprise Orchestrator (EO) are our distributed workload automation tools. It would be possible to convert Zeke events to Zena/EO tasks and have them run and coordinated from either of those products. Zena and EO are similar in capabilities the main difference being that EO is positioned for DevOps environments and has more integrations to DevOps tools such as Ansible, Jenkins for example.

Both products provide exceptional environments for scheduling, managing and controlling workflows. Happy to discuss further if you wish.

Regards

Hi Kevin, I think Paul missed your last question.

Is there a conversion process from Zeke to Zena? 

If you are also talking about migrating completely from Zeke to EO or Zena, you are moving from a Mainframe Scheduler to a Distributed Scheduler, which can do both Mainframe / Distributed scheduling.  

Yes, there is a conversion process to migrate from Zeke to Zena/EO but is a service that we provide. 

So, Like Paul said, if you are interested in hearing more about this we can discuss this.