You might be bypassing security or other job/user relationships. It also could bypass any change control process you might have in your shop.
A contractor should do what is normal in the shop. A contractor should not tell a shop what to do. Suggestions could be made, but in the end, it is your shop and you should have the contractor work within your requirements. Just my $0.02 worth Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Bill Ashton > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Why use IEFJOBS? > > I had an new contractor come to me recently and wanted to set up a Started Job in > IEFJOBS. It looks like a normal job that is run from a normal scheduled jobs library. > > Can anyone tell me: > 1. Why is a Started Job better than a Started Task? > 2. Why would I use a Started Job instead of running a regular job? > 3. Why would I --NOT-- want to use a Started Job? > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
