Optimizing your current plan by defining variable durations and variable deadlines

In the Application Description, for each operation making up an application, you can specify a variable duration and variable deadline to apply when the operation needs durations and deadlines that are different from the default. By associating each variable duration and deadline either with a run cycle defined in the application or with an external run cycle group, you prevent unnecessary alerts from being issued. For detailed information, see IBM® Z Workload Scheduler: Managing the Workload.