 
Status description and mapping for z/OS jobs
z/OS job status displayed by Dynamic Workload Console and how it is defined in HCL Workload Automation for z/OS.
There are the following types of status for z/OS jobs:
- z/OS job status
- A subset of internal statuses common for both HCL Workload Automation distributed and z/OS environments.
- z/OS job internal status
- The job status registered on the HCL Workload Automation controller. The internal status uniquely identifies the status of a z/OS job.
z/OS job status shows
the z/OS job statuses that are displayed by the Dynamic Workload Console.
| This job status ... | Means that ... | 
|---|---|
| Waiting | The job is waiting for its dependencies to be resolved. | 
| Ready | The dependencies of the job have been resolved and the job is ready to run. | 
| Running | The job is running. | 
| Successful | The job completed successfully. | 
| Error | The job has stopped running with an error. | 
| Canceled | The job was canceled. | 
| Held | The job was put in hold. | 
| Undefined | The job status is currently being checked. | 
| Suppressed by Condition | The job is suppressed because the condition dependencies associated to its predecessors are false. | 
z/OS job internal status shows
the z/OS job internal statuses that are displayed by the Dynamic Workload Console and how they map to the
status displayed on the HCL Workload Automation for
z/OS controller.
| This job internal status ... | Means that ... | Maps to ... | 
|---|---|---|
| Arriving | The job is ready for processing; no predecessors were defined. | A | 
| Complete | The job has completed | C | 
| Deleted | The job has been deleted from the plan | D | 
| Error | The job has ended-in-error. | E | 
| Interrupted | The job is interrupted. | I | 
| Ready | The job is ready for processing; all predecessors are complete. | R | 
| Started | The job has started | S | 
| Undefined | The job status is being evaluated. | U | 
| Waiting | The job is waiting for a predecessor to complete. | W | 
| Ready - non-reporting workstation | Ready - At least one predecessor is defined on a nonreporting workstation; all predecessors are complete. | * | 
| Suppressed by Condition | The condition dependencies associated to its predecessors are not satisfied. | X | 
z/OS job status mapping describes
how a z/OS job status is mapped to the corresponding job internal
status.
| This job status ... | Maps to this job internal status | 
|---|---|
| Waiting | W | 
| Ready | A, R, * | 
| Running | S | 
| Successful | C | 
| Error | E | 
| Canceled | I, D | 
| Held | A,R,* manually held | 
| Undefined | U | 
| Suppressed by Condition | X |