We should be proud of ourselves because, by now, we have pretty much mastered most of the major features of Control-M.
In this chapter, we added more jobs to Control-M by bulk load jobs from the crontab. We transformed our file processing job flow from time-based scheduling into event-driven scheduling and improved some part of the job flow by using additional Control Modules. After we defined the jobs, we revisited the Control-M/EM GUI client to discover more GUI features, such as advanced functionalities offered in ViewPoints and archived ViewPoints. We also had a look at how to use BIM and Forecast to proactively monitor jobs and estimate potential impacts by creating What-if scenarios. Towards the end, we visited the Reporting Facility, had a look at each available report type, and discussed how to automate reporting.
So is that all there is? Well, there is definitely a lot more to learn in the Control-M space. In the next chapter, we will be looking at how to become a real Control...