Manage File Arrival Reaching End Time With Exit Code 1
When a File Arrival job reaches it end time and no file was found, its ends with an exit code 1 and a failed status.
Sometimes, not finding a file is normal and you may want to manage this possibility and avoid your job ending as failed. However, exit code 1 is used not only for this special case but also for another reason that makes it a bit more difficult to just simply use the advanced failure criteria of your job.
According to the documentation, the exit code 1 is not only returned for a file not found, more information below:
"The file was not found. Reasons include an invalid filename, the file has not arrived yet, or permissions."
This is also true for UNIX and IBM i file arrival jobs.
How to manage this?
Let's take an example, below my File Arrival definition:
The job end time is 11:00 PM.
The next step is to set an event to mark the job as Finished OK if the exit code is equal to 1 AND if the system time is superior to the end time of the job:
The complex expression used:
[[$JOB TERMINATION]]=="0000000001" && [[$TIME]]>"23:00:00"
Following your Regional Settings, you may have to specify "AM" or "PM", e.g. "11:00:00 AM".
The event used in this case: $JOB:GOOD
In conclusion, with this solution if the File Arrival job finishes normally but without finding the file, it will be automatically set a Mark Finished OK.