10.1 Using a planning group to change the plans for root jobnets
A planning group is a function of JP1/AJS3 that allows you to handle a group of root jobnets with different schedules as a single jobnet. By using a planning group, you can change the content of jobnets while the system is running.
We recommend that you use planning groups if your intended operation includes any of the following:
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You expect that you will want to change the definition of jobnets in the future, but will not want to halt system operations to do so.
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You want to define a changed version of a jobnet in advance, and then switch to the changed version at a specific time.
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You want to use the concurrent execution or schedule skip functions on multiple related jobnets, treating them as if they were a single jobnet.
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You want to execute multiple related jobnets by switching between them, and prevent the next jobnet from executing when a previous jobnet ends abnormally or ends with a warning.
For specific examples of planning group configurations, see 10.1.1(4) Examples of configuring planning group definitions.
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