<s>
AutoMan	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
software	O
implementations	O
used	O
both	O
for	O
job	O
scheduling	O
and	O
console	O
operations	O
automation	O
for	O
z/OS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
behind	O
AutoMan	B-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
a	O
user	O
should	O
have	O
minimum	O
automation	O
software	O
at	O
any	O
given	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoMan	B-General_Concept
implements	O
the	O
high	O
level	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
users	O
can	O
make	O
automated	O
decisions	O
at	O
any	O
step	O
of	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GAL	O
implementation	O
in	O
AutoMan	B-General_Concept
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
insert	O
high-level	O
language-interpreted	O
code	O
into	O
exit	B-Language
points	I-Language
in	O
the	O
operating	O
systems	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
example	O
,	O
AutoMan	B-General_Concept
enables	O
one	O
to	O
name	O
a	O
day	O
or	O
date	O
,	O
and	O
schedule	O
a	O
task	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
the	O
date	O
given	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
if	O
a	O
task	O
is	O
needed	O
"	O
at	O
9	O
A.M.	O
on	O
the	O
day	O
after	O
Independence	O
Day	O
"	O
,	O
Automan	B-General_Concept
would	O
,	O
in	O
America	O
,	O
define	O
this	O
as	O
the	O
day	O
following	O
American	O
Independence	O
Day	O
,	O
the	O
5th	O
of	O
July	O
,	O
and	O
schedule	O
the	O
event	O
for	O
that	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
following	O
day	O
would	O
fall	O
on	O
a	O
weekend	O
,	O
Automan	B-General_Concept
would	O
adjust	O
the	O
scheduling	O
of	O
the	O
task	O
to	O
fall	O
on	O
the	O
next	O
work	O
day	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
software	O
products	O
that	O
provide	O
either	O
job	O
scheduling	O
or	O
event	O
automation	O
services	O
,	O
Automan	B-General_Concept
is	O
distinguished	O
by	O
three	O
services	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
provided	O
by	O
any	O
other	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
ability	O
to	O
"	O
go	O
back	O
in	O
time	O
,	O
"	O
before	O
the	O
program	B-Application
was	O
started	O
and	O
make	O
decisions	O
based	O
on	O
previous	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
last	O
—	O
while	O
very	O
useful	O
in	O
monitoring	O
and	O
reacting	O
to	O
log	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
z/OS	B-Application
web	O
services	O
—	O
is	O
arguably	O
a	O
very	O
dangerous	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
function	O
is	O
most	O
often	O
used	O
to	O
send	O
email	O
or	O
pager	O
alerts	O
when	O
certain	O
text	O
is	O
detected	O
in	O
the	O
logging	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
danger	O
that	O
unscrupulous	O
or	O
dishonest	O
users	O
could	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
reports	O
or	O
documents	O
after	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
but	O
prior	O
to	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
