MARC provides the only menu-assisted interface to tasking. You can use MARC menu selections or commands to submit WFL jobs or to initiate programs written in any language.

MARC offers commands and menu selections for initiating dependent processes, submitting WFL jobs, and initiating utilities. Once the process is initiated, MARC displays the TASK command in the Action field of the current screen. By transmitting this command, you can display a special screen called TASKSTATUS. You can use the TASKSTATUS screen to monitor and control the process.

Because the system administrator can modify MARC to add or delete functions, some features mentioned here might not be available at your site. The descriptions apply to the original version of MARC.

The following paragraphs provide an overview of MARC tasking capabilities. For further details about these features, refer to the Menu-Assisted Resource Control (MARC) Operations Guide.