Table of Contents
- CANDE
- MARC
- Operations Center
- ODT
- Tasking Command Equivalents
- Communicating with an Operator
An interactive tasking source is one that enables you to enter at a terminal commands that initiate, monitor, and control processes. This section reviews the tasking capabilities of the most important sources for interactive tasking: Command and Edit (CANDE), Menu-Assisted Resource Control (MARC), Operations Center, and the operator display terminal (ODT).
The information in this section can help you decide which of these interfaces best serves your needs. This section also explains considerations to keep in mind when writing programs that are to be initiated from these sources.
Note that many users access applications primarily through the Transaction Server direct windows. This interface is not reviewed here because the direct window interface does not provide any direct means to control processes. Rather, the Transaction Server initiates and controls direct window programs automatically, within various parameters set by the system administrator. For information about direct window programs, refer to the Transaction Server Programming Guide.
